Vulnerability in Symless Synergy

CVE-2020-15117

In Synergy before version 1.12.0, a Synergy server can be crashed by receiving a kMsgHelloBack packet with a client name length set to 0xffffffff (4294967295) if the servers memory is less than 4 GB. It was verified that this issue does not cause a crash through the exception handler if the available memory of the Server is more than 4GB.

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15117?
CVE-2020-15117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symless Synergy, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-15117?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15117 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.