CVE-2020-8916

MEDIUM

Openthread Wpantund < 2020-05-28 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

A memory leak in Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7, when used in an environment where wpanctl is directly interfacing with the control driver (eg: debug environments) can allow an attacker to crash the service (DoS). We recommend updating, or to restrict access in your debug environments.

References (1)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (1)

openthread/wpantund < 2020-05-28

Timeline

Published Jul 07, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026