# CVE-2020-36465: An issue was discovered in the generic-array crate before 0.13.3 for Rust.

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2020-0146, GHSA-3358-4F7F-P4J4
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.4, 0.9.1, 0.10.1, 0.11.2, 0.12.4, and 1 more
- Published: 2021-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.8.0, fixed in 0.8.4; from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.9.1; from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.1; from 0.11.0, fixed in 0.11.2; from 0.12.0, fixed in 0.12.4; from 0.13.0, fixed in 0.13.3
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.13.0, fixed in 0.13.3
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.12.0, fixed in 0.12.4
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.11.0, fixed in 0.11.2
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.1
- generic-array (crates.io): from 0.8.0, fixed in 0.9.1

## Description

An issue was discovered in the generic-array crate before 0.13.3 for Rust. It violates soundness by using the arr! macro to extend lifetimes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, generic-array, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.4, 0.9.1, 0.10.1, 0.11.2, 0.12.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0146.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/generic-array/RUSTSEC-2020-0146.md

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