Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-11937
CVE-2020-11937
Description
In whoopsie, parse_report() from whoopsie.c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. The DoS is caused by resource exhaustion due to a memory leak. Fixed in 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5, 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 and 0.2.69ubuntu0.1.
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Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 26 more
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52.5ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.59build1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.62ubuntu0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:whoopsie:0.2.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Canonical/whoopsiev5Range: 0.2.52
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- launchpad.net/bugs/1881982nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1nvdVendor Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4450-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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