CVE-2020-37177 BOOTP Turbo 2.0 - Denial of Service (SEH)
Attackers can crash BOOTP Turbo by sending a malicious payload that corrupts the Structured Exception Handler chain.
- 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-2020-37177?
CVE-2020-37177 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Weird Solutions BOOTP Turbo, published on 11 Feb 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
BOOTP Turbo 2.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overwriting the Structured Exception Handler (SEH). Attackers can generate a malicious payload of 2196 bytes with specific byte patterns to trigger an application crash and corrupt the SEH chain.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37177?
How do I fix CVE-2020-37177?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37177 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-2020-37177 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37177 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-98w9-x492-wwm5.