Security Advisory

CVE-2020-37040

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-01-30 22:07:14
Last updated 2026-07-28 01:47:07
Assigner VulnCheck
CVSS score 8.4
State PUBLISHED

Description

Code Blocks 17.12 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious file name with Unicode characters. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by pasting a specially crafted payload into the file name field during project creation, potentially executing system commands like calc.exe.