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6 vulnerabilities found for AbsoluteTelnet by Celestial Software

CVE-2020-37166 (GCVE-0-2020-37166)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - 'SSH2/username' Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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CVE-2020-37165 (GCVE-0-2020-37165)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - "license name" Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license name field to trigger an application crash.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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CVE-2020-37164 (GCVE-0-2020-37164)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - "license entry" Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license entry field to trigger an application crash.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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CVE-2020-37165 (GCVE-0-2020-37165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - "license name" Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license name field to trigger an application crash.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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CVE-2020-37166 (GCVE-0-2020-37166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - 'SSH2/username' Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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Credits
chuyreds
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CVE-2020-37164 (GCVE-0-2020-37164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 23:14 – Updated: 2026-02-06 23:14
VLAI?
Title
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - "license entry" Denial of Service
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license entry field to trigger an application crash.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet Affected: 11.12
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Credits
chuyreds
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