# CVE-2020-37203: Office Product Key Finder 1.5.4 - Denial of Service

> Attackers can crash the Office Product Key Finder application by pasting a specially crafted text file into the registration field.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`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`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmq3-mh37-3fc8

## What is CVE-2020-37203?

CVE-2020-37203 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor Office Product Key Finder, 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

Office Product Key Finder 1.5.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating the registration code input. Attackers can create a specially crafted text file and paste it into the 'Name and Key' field to trigger an application crash.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37203?


## How do I fix CVE-2020-37203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-37203 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37203 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2020-37203 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-37203 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nsasoft Nsauditor Office Product Key Finder, 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37203 exists.

Affected product: Nsasoft Nsauditor Office Product Key Finder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37203/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37203
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37203
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-37203

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37203/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.