CVE-2020-37197
Dnss Domain Name Search Software contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the 'Name' input field.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Dnss Domain Name Search Software contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the 'Name' input field. Attackers can generate a 1000-character buffer payload and paste it into the registration name 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
- 0.51% probability · 43th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- nsasoft/domain name search software
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.nsauditor.com/Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47861Exploit, VDB Entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dnss-domain-name-search-software-name-denial-of-serviceThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.