CVE-2024-39697
phonenumber panics on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.
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
CVE List Score used
8.6
phonenumber panics on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.
- Record
CVE-2024-39697- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-392, CWE-1284, CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-2383
8.6
phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.
- Record
EUVD-2024-2383- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687
9.2
panic on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
Impact
The phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a reachable assert! guard on the phonenumber string.
In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56.
Since f69abee1/0.3.4/#52.
0.2.x series is not affected.
Patches
Upgrade to 0.3.6 or higher.
Workarounds
n/a
References
Whereas https://github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/issues/69 did not provide an example code path, property testing found a few: +dwPAA;phone-context=AA.
- Record
GHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-248, CWE-392, CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.6
phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.
- Record
CVE-2024-39697- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-392, CWE-617, CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.6
phonenumber panics on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.
- Record
CVE-2024-39697- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284, CWE-284, CWE-392, CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687
9.2
panic on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
Impact
The phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a reachable assert! guard on the phonenumber string.
In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56.
Since f69abee1/0.3.4/#52.
0.2.x series is not affected.
Patches
Upgrade to 0.3.6 or higher.
Workarounds
n/a
References
Whereas https://github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/issues/69 did not provide an example code path, property testing found a few: +dwPAA;phone-context=AA.
- Record
GHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284, CWE-248, CWE-392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2024-0369
8.6
phonenumber: panic on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs
Impact
The phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a reachable assert! guard on the phonenumber string.
In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form +dwPAA;phone-context=AA, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56.
Since f69abee1/0.3.4/#52.
0.2.x series is not affected.
Patches
Patches have been published as version 0.3.6+8.13.36.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2024-0369- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
phonenumbercrates.io |
0.3.4 up to 0.3.6 | 0.3.6 |
phonenumbercrates.io |
0.3.3 up to 0.3.6 | 0.3.6 |
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-2024-39697 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Whisperfish Phonenumber, published July 7, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in phonenumber 0.3.6.
References
github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687
github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/issues/69
github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/pull/52
github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/commit/b792151b17fc90231c232a23935830c2266f3203
github.com/whisperfish/rust-phonenumber/commit/f69abee1481fac0d6d531407bae90020e39c6407
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39697