CVE-2020-6610 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via excessive memory allocation when processing a malicious DWG file using the GNU LibreDWG library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-6610?
CVE-2020-6610 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Libredwg, published on 8 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
GNU LibreDWG 0.9.3.2564 has an attempted excessive memory allocation in read_sections_map in decode_r2007.c.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6610?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Gnu Libredwg, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6610?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2020-6610 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6610 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Libredwg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cp7p-c3xv-f5g5.