6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-15117
Synergy DOoS Crash Vulnerability
Description

In Synergy before version 1.12.0, a Synergy server can be crashed by receiving a kMsgHelloBack packet with a client name length set to 0xffffffff (4294967295) if the servers memory is less than 4 GB. It was verified that this issue does not cause a crash through the exception handler if the available memory of the Server is more than 4GB.

INFO

Published Date :

July 15, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15117 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Symless synergy

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-15117 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-15117 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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-755
    Added CWE NIST CWE-754
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/commit/0a97c2be0da2d0df25cb86dfd642429e7a8bea39 No Types Assigned https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/commit/0a97c2be0da2d0df25cb86dfd642429e7a8bea39 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/security/advisories/GHSA-chfm-333q-gfpp No Types Assigned https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/security/advisories/GHSA-chfm-333q-gfpp Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-755
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:symless:synergy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.12.0
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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.

0.33 }} 0.12%

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0.67820

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