Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2020 · Assigned by Google
CVE-2020-8916Memory leak in wpanctl can lead to DoS
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity memory leak in wpantund from Google LLC. 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 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | wpantund | stable – before 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 |
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H