CVE-2020-25689CWE-401

A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections…

Medium · published October 30, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections which are not properly closed while not able to connect to domain-controller. This flaw allows an attacker to cause an Out of memory (OOM) issue, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01487 · 73.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2020-10-30T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 00:00Z
    A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections…
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