CVE-2020-37234
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2020-37234, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-05-16

Last updated on: 2026-05-16

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

Internet Download Manager 6.38.12 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Scheduler component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data exceeding 5000 bytes into the 'Open the following file when done' field to trigger a denial of service condition.

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Published
2026-05-16
Last Modified
2026-05-16
Generated
2026-06-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-28
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CWE ID Description
CWE-120 The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

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