CVE-2020-13152 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Amarok by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted M3U playlist file that triggers a memory leak.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-13152?
CVE-2020-13152 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, media playlist file that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak, whereby Amarok 2.8.0 continue to waste resources over time, eventually allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13152?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Amarok.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13152?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-13152 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13152 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13152, GHSA-w2rg-v998-6982, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13152.