CVE-2020-35923
ordered_float:NotNan may contain NaN after panic in assignment operators
An issue was discovered in the ordered-float crate before 1.1.1 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Rust. A NotNan value can contain a NaN.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
An issue was discovered in the ordered-float crate before 1.1.1 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Rust. A NotNan value can contain a NaN.
- Record
CVE-2020-35923- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the ordered-float crate before 1.1.1 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Rust. A NotNan value can contain a NaN.
- Record
CVE-2020-35923- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1571 No score
An issue was discovered in the ordered-float crate before 1.1.1 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Rust. A NotNan value can contain a NaN.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1571- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-566x-hhrf-qf8m
5.5
ordered_float:NotNan may contain NaN after panic in assignment operators
After using an assignment operators such as NotNan::add_assign, NotNan::mul_assign, etc., it was possible for the resulting NotNan value to contain a NaN. This could cause undefined behavior in safe code, because the safe NotNan::cmp method contains internal unsafe code that assumes the value is never NaN. (It could also cause undefined behavior in third-party unsafe code that makes the same assumption, as well as logic errors in safe code.)
This was mitigated starting in version 0.4.0, by panicking if the assigned value is NaN. However, in affected versions from 0.4.0 onward, code that uses the NotNan value during unwinding, or that continues after catching the panic, could still observe the invalid value and trigger undefined behavior.
The flaw is fully corrected in versions 1.1.1 and 2.0.1, by ensuring that the assignment operators panic without modifying the operand, if the result would be NaN.
- Record
GHSA-566x-hhrf-qf8m- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-460
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.5
An issue was discovered in the ordered-float crate before 1.1.1 and 2.x before 2.0.1 for Rust. A NotNan value can contain a NaN.
- Record
CVE-2020-35923- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-566x-hhrf-qf8m
5.5
ordered_float:NotNan may contain NaN after panic in assignment operators
After using an assignment operators such as NotNan::add_assign, NotNan::mul_assign, etc., it was possible for the resulting NotNan value to contain a NaN. This could cause undefined behavior in safe code, because the safe NotNan::cmp method contains internal unsafe code that assumes the value is never NaN. (It could also cause undefined behavior in third-party unsafe code that makes the same assumption, as well as logic errors in safe code.)
This was mitigated starting in version 0.4.0, by panicking if the assigned value is NaN. However, in affected versions from 0.4.0 onward, code that uses the NotNan value during unwinding, or that continues after catching the panic, could still observe the invalid value and trigger undefined behavior.
The flaw is fully corrected in versions 1.1.1 and 2.0.1, by ensuring that the assignment operators panic without modifying the operand, if the result would be NaN.
- Record
GHSA-566x-hhrf-qf8m- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-460
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0082
5.5
ordered_float:NotNan may contain NaN after panic in assignment operators
After using an assignment operators such as NotNan::add_assign, NotNan::mul_assign, etc., it was possible for the resulting NotNan value to contain a NaN. This could cause undefined behavior in safe code, because the safe NotNan::cmp method contains internal unsafe code that assumes the value is never NaN. (It could also cause undefined behavior in third-party unsafe code that makes the same assumption, as well as logic errors in safe code.)
This was mitigated starting in version 0.4.0, by panicking if the assigned value is NaN. However, in affected versions from 0.4.0 onward, code that uses the NotNan value during unwinding, or that continues after catching the panic, could still observe the invalid value and trigger undefined behavior.
The flaw is fully corrected in versions 1.1.1 and 2.0.1, by ensuring that the assignment operators panic without modifying the operand, if the result would be NaN.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0082- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ordered-floatcrates.io |
2.0.0 to 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 |
ordered-floatcrates.io |
0.2.2 up to 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 |
ordered-floatcrates.io |
2.0.0 up to 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 |
ordered-floatcrates.io |
0.2.2 up to 1.1.1, 2.0.0-0 up to 2.0.1 | 1.1.12.0.1 |
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-2020-35923 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Ordered-float Project Ordered-float, published December 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in ordered-float 2.0.1.
References
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0082.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35923
github.com/reem/rust-ordered-float/pull/71
github.com/reem/rust-ordered-float/commit/c55cda301c943270b7eb2b4765bedbcce56edb90
github.com/reem/rust-ordered-float/commit/da4a8dd49300740a434c095a9c4b408d2415cc08
github.com/advisories/GHSA-566x-hhrf-qf8m
github.com/reem/rust-ordered-float
crates.io/crates/ordered-float