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CVE-2020-36511

`read` on uninitialized buffer may cause UB (bite::read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max)

7.5 High

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

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
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.09%Up 0.5 points since Dec 27, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Record
CVE-2020-36511
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Record
CVE-2020-36511
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0694 No score

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Record
EUVD-2022-0694
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v2ch-fc8f-qm33 7.5

Use of Uninitialized Resource in bite.

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Record
GHSA-v2ch-fc8f-qm33
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-72r2-rg28-47v9 No score

`read` on uninitialized buffer may cause UB (bite::read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max)

Affected versions of this crate calls a user provided Read implementation on an uninitialized buffer. Read on uninitialized buffer is defined as undefined behavior in Rust.

Record
GHSA-72r2-rg28-47v9
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-v2ch-fc8f-qm33 7.5

Use of Uninitialized Resource in bite.

An issue was discovered in the bite crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Record
GHSA-v2ch-fc8f-qm33
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-72r2-rg28-47v9 No score

`read` on uninitialized buffer may cause UB (bite::read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max)

Affected versions of this crate calls a user provided Read implementation on an uninitialized buffer. Read on uninitialized buffer is defined as undefined behavior in Rust.

Record
GHSA-72r2-rg28-47v9
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0153 No score

`read` on uninitialized buffer may cause UB (bite::read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max)

Affected versions of this crate calls a user provided Read implementation on an uninitialized buffer.

Read on uninitialized buffer is defined as undefined behavior in Rust.

Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0153
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bite
crates.io
through 0.0.5 None known
bite
crates.io
0.0.0-0 and later None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-36511 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Bite Project Bite, published December 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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