CVE-2020-8916

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.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openthread:wpantund:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~2.1~~ v3 : ~~5.5~~	v2 : 2.1 v3 : 5.0
References	~~() https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 - Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 - Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-07-07 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-8916

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-8916

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openthread

wpantund

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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