CVE-2020-36940 Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator 4.13 - Denial of Service
Attackers can crash Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator by pasting a large payload into the serial number field, causing a buffer overflow.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36940?
CVE-2020-36940 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Tucows Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator, published on 27 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator 4.13 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the serial number input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 6000-byte payload and paste it into the serial number field to trigger an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36940?
How do I fix CVE-2020-36940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-36940 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36940 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cm48-mv66-fqmp.