CVE-2020-37140

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://web.archive.org/web/20191223010612/https://www.aida64.com/	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48259	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/everest-open-file-denial-of-service	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:aida64:aida64:5.50.2100:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-05 17:16

Updated : 2026-03-27 17:02

NVD link : CVE-2020-37140

Mitre link : CVE-2020-37140

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-37140

JSON object : View

Products Affected

aida64

aida64

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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