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CVE-2020-13132 (GCVE-0-2020-13132)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-09 17:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:11
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Yubico libykpiv before 2.1.0. An attacker can trigger an incorrect free() in the ykpiv_util_generate_key() function in lib/util.c through incorrect error handling code. This could be used to cause a denial of service attack.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:P/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2020-07-08 00:00
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