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.
History

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-02-05T16:13:39.191Z

Updated: 2026-02-05T20:35:13.516Z

Reserved: 2026-02-03T16:27:45.308Z

Link: CVE-2020-37140

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-05T20:35:07.450Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-05T17:16:09.507

Modified: 2026-02-05T20:47:37.777

Link: CVE-2020-37140

cve-icon Redhat

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