Memory leak in Nanopb - CVE-2020-26243

 

Memory leak in Nanopb - CVE-2020-26243

Published: May 31, 2023 / Updated: November 15, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76723
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26243
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Affected software

Nanopb
Ubuntu
nanopb (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-26243

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nanopb - addressed in versions 0.3.9.7, 0.4.4
nanopb (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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