CVE-2020-37188 SpotOutlook 1.2.6 - 'Name' Denial of Service
Attackers can crash the SpotOutlook application by pasting excessive characters into the Name field, causing a buffer overflow.
- 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-2020-37188?
CVE-2020-37188 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor SpotOutlook, 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
SpotOutlook 1.2.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration name input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the buffer by pasting 1000 'A' characters into the 'Name' field, causing the application to become unresponsive.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37188?
How do I fix CVE-2020-37188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37188 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-2020-37188 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37188 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pf56-pmmh-5pxf.