#VU27951 Resource exhaustion in libcroco - CVE-2020-12825

Vulnerability identifier: #VU27951

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12825

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
libcroco
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources caused by excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

Vulnerable software versions

libcroco: 0.6.2 - 0.6.13

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External links
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.