CVE-2020-37010
BearShare Lite 5.2.5 - 'Advanced Search'Buffer Overflow in (PoC)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Jan 29, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2026
Description
BearShare Lite 5.2.5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Advanced Search keywords input that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft a specially designed payload to overwrite the EIP register and execute shellcode by pasting malicious content into the search keywords field.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.4 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BearShare LiteBearshareOfficial |
|
References
- ExploitDB-48839exploit
- Official BearShare Homepageproduct
- BearShare Lite 5.2.5 Download Pageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: BearShare Lite 5.2.5 - 'Advanced Search'Buffer Overflow in (PoC)third-party-advisory
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