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CVE-2020-15570

Published: 6 July 2020

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
whoopsie
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (0.2.62ubuntu0.5)
focal
Released (0.2.69ubuntu0.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H