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CVE-2020-37038

Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCode

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Exploit
Source: cverecord
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
Product
Source: cverecord
http://www.codeblocks.org/
Product
Source: cverecord
https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-770

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