VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2020-37234

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Published 2026-05-16 · Modified 2026-05-18
CVSS v3
6.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
6.2

Description

Internet Download Manager 6.38.12 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Scheduler component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data exceeding 5000 bytes into the 'Open the following file when done' field to trigger a denial of service condition.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
62%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-120

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