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CVE-2020-15100: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in freewvs

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

In freewvs before 0.1.1, a user could create a large file that freewvs will try to read, which will terminate a scan process. This has been patched in 0.1.1.

Affected products

• schokokeksorg freewvs: before 0.1.1 — fixed in 0.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: schokokeksorg freewvs 0.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv

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