{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37038 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-37038 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Code::Blocks, published on 30 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-37038 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-37038 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Code::Blocks, published on 30 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37038 exists.\n\nAffected product: Code::Blocks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37038/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-37038","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37038/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-37038","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jgmq-7wwp-jmfp","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-37038"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Code::Blocks IDE","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can crash the Code::Blocks IDE by pasting a large payload into the FSymbols search field, causing a denial of service.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-770","name":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service","id":"CVE-2020-37038","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Frigate 2.02 - Denial Of Service","id":"CVE-2020-37039"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"AVAST SecureLine 5.5.522.0 - 'SecureLine' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2020-37037"},"products":["Code::Blocks"],"published":"2026-01-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-28","vendors":["Code::Blocks"]},"summary":"Attackers can crash the Code::Blocks IDE by pasting a large payload into the FSymbols search field, causing a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37038/"}