CVE-2020-8916
MEDIUMOpenthread wpantund < 2020-05-28 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
18.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (1)
openthread/wpantund
< 2020-05-28
Published
Jul 07, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026