Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13152
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the amarok package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.5% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.5%top 10.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, media playlist file that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak, whereby Amarok 2.8.0 continue to waste resources over time, eventually allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | amarok | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13152 |
| Debian:14 | amarok | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13152 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | amarok | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13152 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | amarok | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13152 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | amarok | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13152 |