VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15570
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.08%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- whoopsie project/whoopsie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsieThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYEExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsieThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYEExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.