CVE-2020-21573 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the image-processing library by providing a crafted image file.
- 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-2020-21573?
CVE-2020-21573 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Nov 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
An issue was discoverered in in abhijitnathwani image-processing v0.1.0, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-21573?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Image-Processing Project Image-Processing.
How do I fix CVE-2020-21573?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-21573 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-2020-21573 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-21573 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g93f-x4pg-4xcw.