Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2020-37140Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in Everest from FinalWire. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- ExploitDB-48259 exploit
- Archived Product Page vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service third-party-advisory