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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2020-37038
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-VulnCheck
Assigner Org ID-83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
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Published At-30 Jan, 2026 | 22:07
Updated At-02 Feb, 2026 | 20:14
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service

Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash.

Affected Products
Vendor
Code::Blocks
Product
Code::Blocks
Versions
Affected
  • 20.03
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-770
Description: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
4.04.6MEDIUM
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
3.17.5HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version: 4.0
Base score: 4.6
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
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
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Credits

finder
Paras Bhatia
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By

Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
exploit
http://www.codeblocks.org/
product
https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks
product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service
third-party-advisory
Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
Resource:
exploit
Hyperlink: http://www.codeblocks.org/
Resource:
product
Hyperlink: https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks
Resource:
product
Hyperlink: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service
Resource:
third-party-advisory
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
Affected Products
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