CVE-2020-15570Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Project Whoopsie

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 6
Latest updateMay 24

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Ubuntuwhoopsie_project/whoopsie< 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-rpfw-xcrg-7r3r: The parse_report() function in whoopsie2022-05-24
OSV
whoopsie vulnerabilities2020-08-04
CVEList
CVE-2020-15570: The parse_report() function in whoopsie2020-07-06
OSV
CVE-2020-15570: The parse_report() function in whoopsie2020-07-06

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Ubuntu
Whoopsie vulnerabilities2020-08-04
CVE-2020-15570 — Project Whoopsie vulnerability | cvebase