Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-26566
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the motion package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.4% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.4%top 8.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Denial of Service condition in Motion-Project Motion 3.2 through 4.3.1 allows remote unauthenticated users to cause a webu.c segmentation fault and kill the main process via a crafted HTTP request.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | motion | 4.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Debian:13 | motion | 4.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Debian:14 | motion | 4.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | motion | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | motion | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | motion | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | motion | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26566 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | motion | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26566 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://motion-project.github.io/index.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/issues/1227#issuecomment-715927776 x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-202208-18 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO