What is CVE-2020-13132?

CVE-2020-13132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yubico Libykpiv, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-13132?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Yubico Libykpiv

CVE-2020-13132

An issue was discovered in Yubico libykpiv before 2.1.0. An attacker can trigger an incorrect free() in the ykpiv_util_generate_key() function in lib/util.c through incorrect error handling code. This could be used to cause a denial of service attack.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-763 — Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13132?: CVE-2020-13132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yubico Libykpiv, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-13132?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.