DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-37040
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040
Upstream
  • CVE-2020-37040
Published
2026-01-30T23:16:09.587Z
Modified
2026-01-31T15:30:04.630637Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Code Blocks 17.12 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious file name with Unicode characters. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by pasting a specially crafted payload into the file name field during project creation, potentially executing system commands like calc.exe.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / codeblocks

Package

Name
codeblocks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/codeblocks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20.*
20.03-3
20.03-3.1
20.03+svn13046-0.1
20.03+svn13046-0.2
20.03+svn13046-0.3~exp1
20.03+svn13046-0.3
20.03+svn13046-0.4
25.*
25.03+dfsg-1
25.03+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040.json"

Debian:12 / codeblocks

Package

Name
codeblocks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/codeblocks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20.*
20.03+svn13046-0.1
20.03+svn13046-0.2
20.03+svn13046-0.3~exp1
20.03+svn13046-0.3
20.03+svn13046-0.4
25.*
25.03+dfsg-1
25.03+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040.json"

Debian:13 / codeblocks

Package

Name
codeblocks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/codeblocks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

25.*
25.03+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040.json"

Debian:14 / codeblocks

Package

Name
codeblocks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/codeblocks?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

25.*
25.03+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37040.json"