Medium
Security advisory
A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, media playlist file that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak, whereby Amarok 2.8.0 continue to waste resources over time, eventually allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-13152
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A remote user can create a specially crafted M3U file, media playlist file that when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory leak, whereby Amarok 2.8.0 continue to waste resources over time, eventually allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
osv:CVE-2020-13152
Complete source record
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