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In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. The DoS is caused by resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 and 0.2.69ubuntu0.1.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 6, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.046%
(19th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-11937

GHSA ID

GHSA-fcfw-r6pj-x447

Source code

No known source code

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