# CVE-2020-25574: An issue was discovered in the http crate before 0.1.20 for Rust.

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2019-0033, GHSA-X7VR-C387-8W57, GHSA-XVC9-XWGJ-4CQ9
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.20
- Published: 2020-09-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- http (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.1.20
- http (crates.io): fixed in 0.1.20

## Description

An issue was discovered in the http crate before 0.1.20 for Rust. An integer overflow in HeaderMap::reserve() could result in denial of service (e.g., an infinite loop).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, http, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.20) per the references below.
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## Related

- [CVE-2019-25008](https://cve.now/CVE-2019-25008.md)
- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0033.html
- https://github.com/hyperium/http/issues/352

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