CVE-2020-37166

MEDIUM

6.2

Description

AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.2

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/7/2026

Last Modified2/19/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

References

https://www.celestialsoftware.net/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48010(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-sshusername-denial-of-service(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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