CVE-2020-15570

Publication date 6 July 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
whoopsie 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.2.62ubuntu0.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H