CVE-2020-37140

MEDIUM 5.5

Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.

CWE	CWE-787
Vendor	finalwire
Product	everest
Published	Feb 5, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

FinalWire / Everest

5.50.2100

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48259 web.archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20191223010612/https://www.aida64.com/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/everest-open-file-denial-of-service

Credits

Ivan Marmolejo