CVE-2020-8229 Denial of service in Desktop Client
A memory leak in the Nextcloud Desktop Client can cause a denial of service against the host system.
- 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-2020-8229?
CVE-2020-8229 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Desktop Client, published on 10 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A memory leak in the OCUtil.dll library used by Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 can lead to a DoS against the host system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nextcloud Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8229 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-2020-8229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-46958 Misconfiguration in n/a
- CVE-2020-8224 Code injection in Desktop Client
- CVE-2020-8225 Information disclosure in Desktop Client
- CVE-2021-37617 Untrusted Search Path in Nextcloud Desktop Client
- CVE-2023-28999 Nextcloud: Lack of authenticity of metadata keys allows a malicious server to gain access to E2EE folders
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxfw-jrj9-6wmg.