CVE-2020-19492 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 21 Jul 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A crafted input triggers a floating point exception and segmentation fault in sam2p, causing a denial of service.

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-2020-19492?

CVE-2020-19492 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2021. 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

There is a floating point exception in ReadImage that leads to a Segmentation fault in sam2p 0.49.4. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-19492?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sam2p Project Sam2p.

How do I fix CVE-2020-19492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-19492 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-2020-19492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-19492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gh8v-3xxx-7m3v, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19492.