CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Ubuntu. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2020-11937
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.47%
Ubuntu
Original NVD 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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