CVE-2020-37215 MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service
Attackers can crash MSN Password Recovery by pasting oversized input into the registration code field, 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-2020-37215?
CVE-2020-37215 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Top Password Software MSN Password Recovery, 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
MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-37215?
How do I fix CVE-2020-37215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37215 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-2020-37215 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37215 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4w34-9hcr-4jm4.