Frigate 2.02 - Denial Of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Frigate 2.02 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending oversized input to the command line interface. Attackers can generate a payload of 8000 repeated characters and paste it into the application's command line field to trigger an application crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.004 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinFrigate | Frigate 2 | 2.02 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Frigate 2 VendorWinFrigate Affected 2.02 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37039
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m93-mj72-8j4j
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More WinFrigate vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-19184 Frigate 3.36.0.9 - 'Command Line' Local Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2020-19177 Frigate Professional 3.36.0.9 - 'Find Computer' Local Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2010-02959 Directory traversal vulnerability in WinFrigate Frigate 3 FTP client 3.36 and earlier… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-37039 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37039 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8m93-mj72-8j4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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