CVE-2020-37039

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Denial of Service in Frigate 2.02 via Oversized CLI Input

Publication date: 2026-01-30

Last updated on: 2026-01-30

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

Frigate 2.02 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending oversized input to the command line interface. Attackers can generate a payload of 8000 repeated characters and paste it into the application's command line field to trigger an application crash.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-01-30

Last Modified

2026-01-30

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-01-31

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2020-37039

EUVD

EUVD-2020-30939

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
unknown_vendor	frigate	2.02

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-770	The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Frigate 2.02 is a denial of service issue where an attacker can crash the application by sending an oversized input to its command line interface. Specifically, by inputting a payload of 8000 repeated characters into the command line field, the application crashes.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker can cause the Frigate application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This means legitimate users may be unable to use the application while it is down.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, avoid sending oversized input (such as 8000 repeated characters) to the application's command line interface to prevent triggering a crash. Implement input validation or limit input size in the command line interface to prevent denial of service attacks.

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