5.5

CVE-2020-15570: whoopsie_project whoopsie

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-15570
Published 06-07-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15570 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in whoopsie_project whoopsie. EPSS estimates a 1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4450-1

Timeline

  1. 06-07-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.08% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Whoopsie Killer2

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (youtube.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • whoopsie< 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.5 | < 0.2.62ubuntu0.5 | < 0.2.69ubuntu0.1
Whoopsie_project1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links