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CVE-2020-8916

Published: Jul 7, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.0

MEDIUM

Description

A memory leak in Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7, when used in an environment where wpanctl is directly interfacing with the control driver (eg: debug environments) can allow an attacker to crash the service (DoS). We recommend updating, or to restrict access in your debug environments.

VendorProductVersions

Google LLC

wpantund

affected
stable - < 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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