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CVE-2020-13759 — vm-memory

HIGH

CVE-2020-13759 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-362 vulnerability in vm-memory. A fix is available for vm-memory — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Improper Synchronization and Race Condition in vm-memory

Also known asGHSA-mm4m-qg48-f7wcRUSTSEC-2020-0157
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs76th percentile — riskier than 76% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.71%1.43%2.14%0.4%1.6%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

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Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🦀vm-memory🦀vm-memory

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Description

rust-vmm vm-memory before 0.1.1 and 0.2.x before 0.2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of IP networking) because read_obj and write_obj do not properly access memory. This affects aarch64 (with musl or glibc) and x86_64 (with musl).

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🦀crates.iovm-memoryall versions0.1.1cargo update -p vm-memory --precise 0.1.1
🦀crates.iovm-memory≥ 0.2.0&&< 0.2.10.2.1cargo update -p vm-memory --precise 0.2.1

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations
Application
vm-memoryvm-memory_project
≥ 0.2.0 && < 0.2.1
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for vm-memory, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update vm-memory to 0.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-13759 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

rust-vmm vm-memory before 0.1.1 and 0.2.x before 0.2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of IP networking) because read_obj and write_obj do not properly access memory. This affects aarch64 (with musl or glibc) and x86_64 (with musl).
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CVE-2020-13759: vm-memory DoS — Fixed in 0.1.1