{"id":"CVE-2020-37066","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-37066","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:36.423Z","title":"GoldWave 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious input in the File Open URL dialog.","description":"GoldWave 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious input in the File Open URL dialog. Attackers can generate a specially crafted text file with Unicode-encoded shellcode to trigger a stack-based overflow and execute commands when the file is opened.","published":"2026-02-03T22:16:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:53.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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"},"cwe":["CWE-121"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00408,"percentile":0.34788,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48510","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.goldwave.com/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/goldwave-buffer-overflow-seh-unicode","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37066","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}