What is CVE-2020-21573?

CVE-2020-21573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Image-Processing Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-21573?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Image-Processing Project

CVE-2020-21573

An issue was discoverered in in abhijitnathwani image-processing v0.1.0, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th 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

Image-processing_project Image-processing — versions 0.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21573?: CVE-2020-21573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Image-Processing Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-21573?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.