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CVE-2020-36434

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

An issue was discovered in the sys-info crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. sys_info::disk_info calls can trigger a double free.

Affected products

• Sys-Info Project Sys-Info: before 0.8.0 — fixed in 0.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sys-Info Project Sys-Info 0.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/sys-info/RUSTSEC-2020-0100.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0100.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/sys-info/RUSTSEC-2020-0100.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0100.html

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