Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU76723

Memory leak in Nanopb - CVE-2020-26243

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76723

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26243

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Nanopb Project

Affected software:
Nanopb

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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