CVE-2020-15570

MEDIUM

Whoopsie < 0.2.69 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (1)
whoopsie_project/whoopsie < 0.2.69
Published Jul 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026