Medium severity · published Jul 6, 2020
CVE-2020-15570
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…
5.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WH
Whoopsie · Whoopsie Project
through 0.2.69 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15570
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15570
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
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/
Exploit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
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