VDB
CVE-2020-37038
CVE-2020-37038
PUBLISHED
Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash.
EPSS 0.03% · 8.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.03%
8.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | codeblocks | 16.01+dfsg-2.1, 17.12+dfsg-1, 17.12+dfsg-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | codeblocks | 0, 16.01+dfsg-2.1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | codeblocks | 25.03+dfsg-2, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | codeblocks | 20.03-3.1, 0, 20.03-3 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | codeblocks | 20.03+svn13046-0.3build1, 20.03+svn13046-0.1build1, 20.03+svn13046-0.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | codeblocks | 0, 13.12-3.1build1, 13.12+dfsg-4 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Code Blocks Official Homepage (circl)
- Code Blocks SourceForge Page (circl)
- VulnCheck Advisory: Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service (circl)
- ExploitDB-48617 (cve.org)
Timeline
- Jan 30, 2026 CVE Published
- Jan 31, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 2, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 5, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 17, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 24, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-37038 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37038 third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617 third-party-advisory
- http://www.codeblocks.org/ third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks third-party-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service third-party-advisory