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CVE-2020-15710

Publication date 17 September 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Potential double free in Bluez 5 module of PulseAudio could allow a local attacker to leak memory or crash the program. The modargs variable may be freed twice in the fail condition in src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c and src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c. Fixed in 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pulseaudio 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4519-1
    • PulseAudio vulnerability
    • 17 September 2020

Other references