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GHSA-9WQ6-G8C9-8C8W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:22 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:22

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A memory leak in Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7, when used in an environment where wpanctl is directly interfacing with the control driver (eg: debug environments) can allow an attacker to crash the service (DoS). We recommend updating, or to restrict access in your debug environments.

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CVE-2020-8916 (GCVE-0-2020-8916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-07 20:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:12

Title

Memory leak in wpanctl can lead to DoS

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-401 - Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference

Assigner

Google Google root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/openthread/wpantund/pull/468/c…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Google LLC	wpantund	Affected: stable , < 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 (custom)

Credits

Rushikesh D. Nandedkar

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