#VU53852 Resource exhaustion in libwebp - CVE-2020-36332 

 

#VU53852 Resource exhaustion in libwebp - CVE-2020-36332

Published: June 7, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53852
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36332
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libwebp
Software vendor:
developers.google.com

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in libwebp. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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