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CVE-2020-37038 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2020-37038

CVE-2020-37038

HIGH7.5

Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service

Published Jan 30, 2026

Modified 1 months ago

Details

Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash.

References

http://www.codeblocks.org/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37038

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

4.6

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Attack Requirements

NoneAT:N

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

ActiveUI:A

Vulnerable System

Vuln. Confidentiality

NoneVC:N

Vuln. Integrity

NoneVI:N

Vuln. Availability

LowVA:L

Subsequent System

Subseq. Confidentiality

NoneSC:N

Subseq. Integrity

NoneSI:N

Subseq. Availability

NoneSA:N

4.6/CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Allocation without Limits

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 30, 2026

ModifiedFeb 2, 2026