CVE-2020-8916 (GCVE-0-2020-8916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-07 20:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:12
VLAI
Title
Memory leak in wpanctl can lead to DoS
Summary
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.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference
Assigner
Google CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard B 77/100 over 38 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google LLC wpantund Affected: stable , < 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 (custom)
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Credits
Rushikesh D. Nandedkar
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