# CVE-2020-15570: The parse\_report() function in whoopsie.c in Whoopsie through 0.2.69 mishandles memory allocation failures, which allows an attacker to caus

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-07-06 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The parse_report() function in whoopsie.c in Whoopsie through 0.2.69 mishandles memory allocation failures, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed crash file.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXGwC7PWYE
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/whoopsie_killer2.py
- https://github.com/sungjungk/whoopsie_killer2/blob/master/README.md
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/

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