CVE-2020-37234

6.9 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (6.9). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

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

CVSS 3.1

6.2 medium

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2026-05-16
Modified: 2026-09-29
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/
http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/download.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49083
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/internet-download-manager-scheduler-buffer-overflow

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