# CVE-2018-20996: An issue was discovered in the crossbeam crate before 0.4.1 for Rust.

- Also known as: GHSA-C3CW-C387-PJ65, RUSTSEC-2018-0009
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.1
- Published: 2019-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- crossbeam (crates.io): from 0.4.0, fixed in 0.4.1

## Description

An issue was discovered in the crossbeam crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. There is a double free because of destructor mishandling.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, crossbeam, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0009.html

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