CVE-2020-37066
GoldWave 5.70 – Buffer Overflow (SEH Unicode)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Feb 3, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 4, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 1, 2026
Description
GoldWave 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious input in the File Open URL dialog. Attackers can generate a specially crafted text file with Unicode-encoded shellcode to trigger a stack-based overflow and execute commands when the file is opened.
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-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GoldWaveGoldWave |
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References
- ExploitDB-48510exploit
- Official Vendor Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: GoldWave 5.70 – Buffer Overflow (SEH Unicode)third-party-advisory
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