FKIE_CVE-2020-37215

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:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47839
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.top-password.com/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/msn-password-recovery-denial-of-service
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2020-37215",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:17:16.700",
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