CVE-2020-11937

Resource exhaustion vulnerability in whoopsie

Published Aug 6, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-4274 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4450-1 Whoopsie vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 4:15 AM
Reserved
Apr 20, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 6, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:51 AM