CVE-2020-37140
Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.6 Medium
- Published
- Feb 5, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 3, 2026
Description
Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.6 Medium | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
EverestFinalWire |
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References
- ExploitDB-48259exploit
- Archived Product Pagevendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Servicethird-party-advisory
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