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
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 |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15570
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4450-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian