CVE-2020-37039 Frigate 2.02 - Denial Of Service
Attackers can crash the Frigate desktop application by sending oversized input to its command line interface, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-37039?
CVE-2020-37039 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in WinFrigate Frigate 2, 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.
Official description
Frigate 2.02 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending oversized input to the command line interface. Attackers can generate a payload of 8000 repeated characters and paste it into the application's command line field to trigger an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37039?
How do I fix CVE-2020-37039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-37039 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37039 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8m93-mj72-8j4j.