CVE-2020-7216 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Wicked

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Opensuse WickedOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedFeb 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An ni_dhcp4_parse_response memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets without a message type option.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDopensuse/wicked0.6.55
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-j34x-4223-w5xq: An ni_dhcp4_parse_response memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0↗2022-05-24
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CVE-2020-7216 — Opensuse Wicked vulnerability | cvebase