CVE-2020-23738 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a system crash (BSOD) in Advanced SystemCare by executing a specially constructed program.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-23738?
CVE-2020-23738 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a local denial of service vulnerability in Advanced SystemCare 13 PRO 13.5.0.174. Attackers can use a constructed program to cause a computer crash (BSOD)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-23738?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Advancedsystemcare Advanced Systemcare.
How do I fix CVE-2020-23738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-23738 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-2020-23738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-23738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xf78-rxvh-6xrr.