CVE-2020-15570 Information

Description

The parse_report() function in whoopsie.c in Whoopsie through 0.2.69 mishandles memory allocation failures which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed crash file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5