Rust advisories / memmap
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2020-0077 · memmap
RUSTSEC-2020-0077: memmap is unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: memmap is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | memmap |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Before 0.7.1. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2020-12-02 |
| Last changed | 2022-08-25 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Look for a maintained fork or alternative crate.
- If you cannot move yet, acknowledge it in your audit config so CI stays green while you plan: add
"RUSTSEC-2020-0077"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i memmap.
Details from the advisory
The author of the memmap crate is unresponsive.
Maintained alternatives:
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/memmap
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0077.html
- Report: github.com/danburkert/memmap-rs/issues/90
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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