Memory leak in Amarok - CVE-2020-13152
Published: May 25, 2020 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28199
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13152
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
Amarok
Amarok
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted M3U file, that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13152
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.