CVE-2020-28196 vulnerability in MIT and Other Products
Published on November 6, 2020
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-28196 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion which takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
CVE-2020-28196 has been classified to as a Stack Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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