Resource exhaustion in Whoopsie_project Whoopsie
CVE-2020-15570
The parse_report() function in whoopsie.c in Whoopsie through 0.2.69 mishandles memory allocation failures, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed crash file.
EPSS: 0.011 (61.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Whoopsie_project Whoopsie
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15570?
- CVE-2020-15570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Whoopsie_project Whoopsie, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15570?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.