CVE-2020-37121

Impact

CODE::BLOCKS 16.01 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting Structured Exception Handler with crafted Unicode characters. Attackers can create a malicious text file with 1982 bytes of buffer and shellcode to trigger remote code execution.

Affected packages

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://nutcrackerssecurity.github.io/posts/windows-exploit-dev-part-7/
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/
• https://www.codeblocks.org/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codeblocks-buffer-overflow-seh-unicode