Vulnerability · Published Nov 19, 2020 · Assigned by canonical
CVE-2020-15710Potential double-free in pulseaudio
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity double free in PulseAudio from Canonical. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Potential double free in Bluez 5 module of PulseAudio could allow a local attacker to leak memory or crash the program. The modargs variable may be freed twice in the fail condition in src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c and src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c. Fixed in 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | PulseAudio | 1:8.0 – before 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14 |
Weakness: CWE-415 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1884738 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://ubuntu.com/USN-4519-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU