{"id":"CVE-2020-37164","title":"AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - \"license entry\" Denial of Service","summary":"AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license en…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-120"],"vendor":"Celestial Software","product":"AbsoluteTelnet","affected":["AbsoluteTelnet 11.12"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-02-17T16:55:36.857727Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-02-06","updated":"2026-10-01","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-01T15:19:35.672Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37164","references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48005","label":"ExploitDB-48005"},{"url":"https://www.celestialsoftware.net/","label":"Vendor Homepage"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-entry-denial-of-service","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - \"license entry\" Denial of Service"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00236,"epssPercentile":0.13152,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T15:48:17.876Z","slug":"CVE-2020-37164","body":"## Overview\n\nAbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license entry field to trigger an application crash.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `AbsoluteTelnet 11.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":46,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":34.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}