SpotOutlook 1.2.6 - 'Name' Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
SpotOutlook 1.2.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration name input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the buffer by pasting 1000 'A' characters into the 'Name' field, causing the application to become unresponsive.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00437 38th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37188
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pf56-pmmh-5pxf
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More Nsasoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-19254 Nsauditor 3.2.1.0 - Buffer Overflow (SEH+ASLR bypass (3 bytes overwrite)) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2019-15783 NetShareWatcher 1.5.8.0 SEH Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2019-15390 SpotAuditor 5.3.2 - 'Base64' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2018-15438 Nsauditor 3.0.28.0 Local SEH Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2021-22509 Nsauditor 3.2.2.0 - 'Event Description' Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2021-22431 Nsauditor 3.2.3 - Denial of Service (PoC) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2020-37188 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37188 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pf56-pmmh-5pxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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