CVE-2020-35860
NULL Pointer Dereference in cbox
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
- Record
CVE-2020-35860- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
- Record
CVE-2020-35860- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1550 No score
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1550- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3vjm-36rr-7qrq
NULL Pointer Dereference in cbox
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
- Record
GHSA-3vjm-36rr-7qrq- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3vjm-36rr-7qrq
NULL Pointer Dereference in cbox
An issue was discovered in the cbox crate through 2020-03-19 for Rust. The CBox API allows dereferencing raw pointers without a requirement for unsafe code.
- Record
GHSA-3vjm-36rr-7qrq- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0005
CBox API allows to de-reference raw pointers without `unsafe` code
CBox and CSemiBox are part of the public API of the cbox crate
and they allow to create smart pointers from raw pointers and de-reference
them without the need of unsafe code.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0005- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-35860 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cbox Project Cbox, published March 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.65%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.