CVE-2020-35885
Double free in alpm-rs
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
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
9.8
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
- Record
CVE-2020-35885- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
- Record
CVE-2020-35885- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1839 No score
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1839- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qc4m-gc8r-mg8m
9.8
Double free in alpm-rs
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
- Record
GHSA-qc4m-gc8r-mg8m- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-qc4m-gc8r-mg8m
9.8
Double free in alpm-rs
An issue was discovered in the alpm-rs crate through 2020-08-20 for Rust. StrcCtx performs improper memory deallocation.
- Record
GHSA-qc4m-gc8r-mg8m- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0032
9.8
StrcCtx deallocates a memory region that it doesn't own
StrcCtx deallocate a memory region that it doesn't own when StrcCtx is created without using StrcCtx::new.
This can introduce memory safety issues such as double-free and use-after-free to client programs.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0032- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2020-35885 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Alpm-rs Project Alpm-rs, published August 20, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.