CVE-2020-37221

high
Published 2026-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.4

Description

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious string to the display name textbox in the Time Zones Clock configuration. Attackers can craft a buffer with structured exception handling overwrite and encoded shellcode to bypass SafeSEH protections and execute arbitrary commands with application privileges.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
80%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-121

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.