CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-37121

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2026-02-05 Modified 2026-08-06 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-02-05
Last modified
2026-08-06
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-121

Description

CODE::BLOCKS 16.01 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting Structured Exception Handler with crafted Unicode characters. Attackers can create a malicious text file with 1982 bytes of buffer and shellcode to trigger remote code execution.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References