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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2019-25010

High
9.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 2019-11-13 for Rust. Type confusion can occur when __private_get_type_id__ is overridden.

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  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
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  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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Advisory Timeline

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