Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15117
CVE-2020-15117
Description
In Synergy before version 1.12.0, a Synergy server can be crashed by receiving a kMsgHelloBack packet with a client name length set to 0xffffffff (4294967295) if the servers memory is less than 4 GB. It was verified that this issue does not cause a crash through the exception handler if the available memory of the Server is more than 4GB.
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Affected products
3<1.12.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <1.12.0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/symless/synergy-core/commit/0a97c2be0da2d0df25cb86dfd642429e7a8bea39nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/symless/synergy-core/security/advisories/GHSA-chfm-333q-gfppnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/nvd
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