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CVE-2020-36213

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the abi_stable crate before 0.9.1 for Rust. A retain call can create an invalid UTF-8 string, violating soundness.

Affected products

• Abi Stable Project Abi Stable: before 0.9.1 — fixed in 0.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Abi Stable Project Abi Stable 0.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0105.html
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0105.html

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