Security advisory

{
  "id": "b86a6f858196022def6a6b6aa78594e860dbfa93d06d8ee84e256b77cc07cfc0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20992",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-20992",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in the claxon crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. Uninitialized memory can be exposed because certain decode buffer sizes are mishandled.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20992",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-20992",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-20992",
        "GHSA-8c6g-4xc5-w96c",
        "RUSTSEC-2018-0004"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ruuda/claxon",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "357c37e89e922abaf23b81ae125acd31e48252ae"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "07fca7b0104aca4b447c7849a1d9d2ad8ed1d28c"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "33e6b5bf2dc975cdef15bca4a04da1c31586c8a8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "33e6b5bf2dc975cdef15bca4a04da1c31586c8a8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:claxon_project:claxon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.3.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:claxon_project:claxon:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.4.0",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.1",
            "v0.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20992.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:40.338670018Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0004.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20992",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434897,
  "published_at": "2019-08-26T13:15:11.133+00:00"
}