5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-11937
Whoopsie Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 6, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 13, 2021, 2:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-11937 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical whoopsie
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-11937.

URL Resource
https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-11937 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer No Types Assigned https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881982 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59build1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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