{"cve":"CVE-2020-25575","nvd":{"published":"2020-09-14T19:15:11.397","modified":"2026-06-17T03:06:54.973","status":"Modified","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-843"],"references":["https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/","https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336","https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html","https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/","https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336"],"products":["failure_project:failure"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:20.498348299+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-25575","score":0.0293,"percentile":0.87081,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jq66-xh47-j9f3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jq66-xh47-j9f3","summary":"Type confusion if __private_get_type_id__ is overriden","modified":"2024-07-03T21:13:49Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"failure","purl":"pkg:cargo/failure","ranges":["<=0.1.8"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"GHSA-r98r-j25q-rmpr","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r98r-j25q-rmpr","summary":"Rust Failure Crate Vulnerable to Type confusion","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:32.420171Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"failure","purl":"pkg:cargo/failure","ranges":["<=0.1.8"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2019-0036","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2019-0036","summary":"Type confusion if __private_get_type_id__ is overridden","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:32.420171Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"failure","purl":"pkg:cargo/failure","ranges":[">=0.0.0-0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2020-0036","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2020-0036","summary":"failure is officially deprecated/unmaintained","modified":"2024-02-10T15:57:43Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"failure","purl":"pkg:cargo/failure","ranges":[">=0.0.0-0"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}