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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2020-8037

High
7.5/10

Summary

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published