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CVE-2020-37038

Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash.

CVSS 4.0: 4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-770
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

References

http://www.codeblocks.org/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.