CVE-2020-8916
Memory leak in wpanctl can lead to DoS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.0 Medium
- Published
- Jul 7, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 12, 2020
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
wpantundGoogle LLC |
|
References
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