CVE-2020-8229 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Desktop

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime9 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Nextcloud Desktop
Timeline
PublishedAug 10
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory leak in the OCUtil.dll library used by Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 can lead to a DoS against the host system.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDnextcloud/desktop< 2.6.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cxfw-jrj9-6wmg: A memory leak in the OCUtil↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-8229: A memory leak in the OCUtil↗2020-08-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-8229: nextcloud-desktop - A memory leak in the OCUtil.dll library used by Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 c...↗2020
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8229 nextcloud: memory leak in the OCUtil.dll leads to DoS [fedora-all]↗2020-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8229 nextcloud: memory leak in the OCUtil.dll leads to DoS [epel-all]↗2020-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8229 nextcloud-client: nextcloud: memory leak in the OCUtil.dll leads to DoS [epel-all]↗2020-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8229 nextcloud: memory leak in the OCUtil.dll leads to DoS↗2020-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8229 nextcloud-client: nextcloud: memory leak in the OCUtil.dll leads to DoS [fedora-all]↗2020-08-14
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