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CVE-2019-25005

HIGHFix: RustCrypto/stream-ciphers#64

CVE-2019-25005 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-190 vulnerability in chacha20. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2019-25005 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Counter overflow in chacha20

Also known asRUSTSEC-2019-0029
Published
Aug 25, 2021
Updated
Nov 8, 2023
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 8, 2023 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🦀chacha20

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

An issue was discovered in the chacha20 crate before 0.2.3 for Rust. A ChaCha20 counter overflow makes it easier for attackers to determine plaintext.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🦀crates.iochacha20all versions0.2.3

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for chacha20. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update chacha20 to 0.2.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-25005 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2019-25005 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2019-25005. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

An issue was discovered in the chacha20 crate before 0.2.3 for Rust. A ChaCha20 counter overflow makes it easier for attackers to determine plaintext.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2019-25005 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2019-25005 across crates.io dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.

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