THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-13152
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-13152

Amarok vulnerability

CVSS
5.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, media playlist file that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak, whereby Amarok 2.8.0 continue to waste resources over time, eventually allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected vendor
Kde
Affected product
Amarok
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)
Published
2020-05-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-13152

  • Confirm whether Kde Amarok is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-13152.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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