# CVE-2020-36438: An issue was discovered in the tiny\_future crate before 0.4.0 for Rust.

- Also known as: GHSA-FG42-VWXX-XX5J, GHSA-M296-J53X-XV95, RUSTSEC-2020-0118
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.0
- Published: 2021-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- tiny\_future (crates.io): fixed in 0.4.0
- tiny\_future (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.4.0

## Description

An issue was discovered in the tiny_future crate before 0.4.0 for Rust. Future<T> does not have bounds on its Send and Sync traits.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, tiny\_future, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0118.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tiny_future/RUSTSEC-2020-0118.md

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