FKIE_CVE-2020-37185

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-11 21:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:17
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Backup Key Recovery 2.2.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the 'Name' input field. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into the registration name field to trigger an application crash.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttp://www.nsauditor.com/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47909
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/backup-key-recovery-name-denial-of-service
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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        {
          "product": "Nsauditor Backup Key Recovery",
          "vendor": "Nsasoft",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2.2.5"
            }
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      ],
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    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2020-37185",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:17:12.243",
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