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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-30T22:07:14.082Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-02T20:14:50.368Z

Source :

VulnCheck
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-37038 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Codeblocks
  • Code::blocks
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2020-37038.

URL Resource
http://www.codeblocks.org/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
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