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CVE-2018-20996

Double Free

Published: Aug 26, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20996
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

An issue was discovered in the crossbeam crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. There is a double free because of destructor mishandling.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CrossbeamCrossbeam_project*0.4.1 (excluding)
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntudisco*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntueoan*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntufocal*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntugroovy*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntuhirsute*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntuimpish*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntukinetic*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntulunar*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntumantic*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntuoracular*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntuplucky*
Rust-crossbeam-epochUbuntutrusty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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