PT-2020-13357 · Kde+1 · Amarok+1

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Published

2020-05-20

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Updated

2022-04-28

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CVE-2020-13152

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amarok version 2.8.0
Description A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, a media playlist file, that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak. This memory leak causes Amarok to continue wasting resources over time, eventually allowing attackers to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations For Amarok version 2.8.0, consider disabling the loading of M3U files until a patch is available to prevent the memory leak and potential denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Memory Leak

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-13152

Affected Products

Amarok
Debian