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CVE-2020-8230 (GCVE-0-2020-8230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-17 15:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in NextCloud Desktop Client v2.6.4 where missing ASLR and DEP protections in for windows allowed to corrupt memory.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Memory Corruption - Generic (CWE-119)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Desktop Client Affected: 2.6.5
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