CVE-2020-35896

Published: Dec 31, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the ws crate through 2020-09-25 for Rust. The outgoing buffer is not properly limited, leading to a remote memory-consumption attack.

Affected (1)

Products: Ws Rs Project: Ws Rs

Ws Rs Project

1 product

Ws Rs

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ws Rs Project Ws Rs	Up to 0.9.1

Related CWEs

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (2)

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0043.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0043.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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