Vulnerability CVE-2020-15570
Published: 2020-07-06

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.

Type:

CWE-770

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Whoopsie project -> Whoopsie 

 References:
https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md
https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
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