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.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 64th percentile

Published

2020-07-06

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md0★ · 2020-07-01
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE

Security advisories

• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-19358
• CVE-2020-11937