What is CVE-2020-8229?

CVE-2020-8229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-8229?

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

Is CVE-2020-8229 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Nextcloud Desktop

CVE-2020-8229

A memory leak in the OCUtil.dll library used by Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 can lead to a DoS against the host system.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nextcloud Desktop
N/a Desktop Client — versions Fixed in 2.6.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8229?: CVE-2020-8229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-8229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8229 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.