CVE-2020-36213
Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
CVE-2020-36213- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
CVE-2020-36213- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1920 No score
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1920- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqxc-qrq4-w5v4
Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
GHSA-wqxc-qrq4-w5v4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-172
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCVE-2020-36212
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. DrainFilter lacks soundness because of a double drop.
- Record
CVE-2020-36212- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
CVE-2020-36213- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-vq23-5h4f-vwpv
Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. DrainFilter lacks soundness because of a double drop.
- Record
GHSA-vq23-5h4f-vwpv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wqxc-qrq4-w5v4
Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain
An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.
- Record
GHSA-wqxc-qrq4-w5v4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-172
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0105
Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain
Affected versions of this crate contained code from the Rust standard library that contained soundness bugs rust-lang/rust#60977 (double drop) & rust-lang/rust#78498 (create invalid utf-8 string).
The flaw was corrected in v0.9.1 by making a similar fix to the one made in the Rust standard library.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0105- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
abi_stablecrates.io |
before 0.9.1 | 0.9.1 |
abi_stablecrates.io From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 0.9.1 | 0.9.1 |
abi_stablecrates.io From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
0.0.0-0 up to 0.9.1 | 0.9.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, 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-2020-36213 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Abi Stable Project Stable, published December 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.37%, the 72nd percentile. Fixed in abi_stable 0.9.1.