CVE-2020-15570 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the Ubuntu Whoopsie crash reporter by submitting a malformed crash file that mishandles memory allocation.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2020-15570?
CVE-2020-15570 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jul 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15570?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Whoopsie Project Whoopsie.
How do I fix CVE-2020-15570?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2020-15570 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15570 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rpfw-xcrg-7r3r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15570.