---
id: CVE-2020-15100
aliases:
  - GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
  - PYSEC-2020-232
title: freewvs vulnerable to denial of service through large files
summary: freewvs vulnerable to denial of service through large files
severity: low
cvss: 2.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
vendor: freewvs
product: freewvs
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - freewvs < 0.1.1
patched:
  - freewvs 0.1.1
published: '2024-08-30'
updated: '2026-07-08'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15100'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/freewvs/PYSEC-2020-232.yaml
  - url: 'https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00337
epssPercentile: 0.24295
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:47.824Z'
---

## Overview

### 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

## Affected packages

- `freewvs < 0.1.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `freewvs 0.1.1`