CVE-2020-37140Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service
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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
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Mar 4, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
FinalWire Everest finalwire:everest (from the name) | 5.50.2100 | CNA record |
aida64 aida64 aida64:aida64 | 5.50.2100 | NVD |
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48259exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://web.archive.org/web/20191223010612/https://www.aida64.com/vendor-advisory, product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/everest-open-file-denial-of-servicethird-party-advisory
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