What is CVE-2020-6173?

CVE-2020-6173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation The Update Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-6173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linuxfoundation The Update Framework

CVE-2020-6173

TUF (aka The Update Framework) 0.7.2 through 0.12.1 allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Linuxfoundation The_update_framework
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6173?: CVE-2020-6173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation The Update Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-6173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.