CVE-2018-20998

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in the arrayfire crate before 3.6.0 for Rust. Addition of the repr() attribute to an enum is mishandled, leading to memory corruption.

Affected products

Arrayfire: before 3.6.0 — fixed in 3.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arrayfire 3.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0011.html
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0011.html

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