CVE-2020-11937

MEDIUM

Canonical Whoopsie - Memory Leak

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. The DoS is caused by resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 and 0.2.69ubuntu0.1.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-400
Status published
Products (27)
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.66
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.67
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.68
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.69
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.49
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.50
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.51
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.52
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.52.1
canonical/whoopsie 0.2.52.2
... and 17 more
Published Aug 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026