CVE-2020-11937 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-11937: Resource exhaustion vulnerability in whoopsie

Vendor Canonical
Product whoopsie
Weakness CWE-400
Published August 6, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. The DoS is caused by resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 and 0.2.69ubuntu0.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 6, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated