CVE-2020-15100
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in freewvs
CVE-2020-15100 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.8) in Schokokeks Freewvs, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in freewvs 0.1.1.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in freewvs
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-15100- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0081
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0081- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
freewvs vulnerable to denial of service through large files
Impact
A user could create a large file that freewvs will try to read, which will terminate a scan process.
Patches
This has been patched by limiting the data freewvs reads: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
- Record
GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv- CVSS 4.0
- 2.4 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-15100- CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-15100- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
freewvs vulnerable to denial of service through large files
Impact
A user could create a large file that freewvs will try to read, which will terminate a scan process.
Patches
This has been patched by limiting the data freewvs reads: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
- Record
GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv- CVSS 4.0
- 2.4 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 2.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2020-232 No score
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.
- Record
PYSEC-2020-232- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15100