CVE-2020-15570

low-risk
Published 2020-07-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.31% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Whoopsie

Affected Vendors

Whoopsie Project

References (10)

Exploit https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md
Exploit https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py
Third Party Advisory https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/
Exploit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
Exploit https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md
Exploit https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py
Third Party Advisory https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/
Exploit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal