CVE-2020-36511
`read` on uninitialized buffer may cause UB (bite::read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max)
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV: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
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 High
CVSS: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
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 High
CVSS: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
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-2020-36511 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
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0153.html
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/bite/RUSTSEC-2020-0153.md
github.com/hinaria/bite/issues/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36511
crates.io/crates/bite