CVE-2020-37140

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published2/5/2026

Last Modified3/27/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

aida64:aida64

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20191223010612/https://www.aida64.com/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48259(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/everest-open-file-denial-of-service(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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