| Name | CVE-2020-37038 |
| Description | Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| codeblocks (PTS) | bullseye | 20.03-3 | undetermined |
| bookworm | 20.03+svn13046-0.1 | undetermined | |
| forky, sid, trixie | 25.03+dfsg-2 | undetermined |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| codeblocks | source | (unstable) | undetermined |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
check, possibly just DoS of application and unimportant