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rust-failure — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010

Products
rust-failure
Affected versions
0.1.7-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2020-25575
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Sept 2020, 19:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575

rust-failure

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce \"compatibility hazards\" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010",
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    "severity": "critical",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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          },
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:40.628203441Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2020-09-14T19:15:11.397+00:00"
}