CVE-2020-37165

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 name field to trigger an application crash.

CVSS v3 6.2 MEDIUM

6.2^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.celestialsoftware.net/	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48006	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-name-denial-of-service	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

19 Feb 2026, 18:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet::::::::
First Time		Celestialsoftware Celestialsoftware absolutetelnet
References	~~() https://www.celestialsoftware.net/ -~~	() https://www.celestialsoftware.net/ - Product
References	~~() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48006 -~~	() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48006 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References	~~() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-name-denial-of-service -~~	() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-name-denial-of-service - Third Party Advisory

07 Feb 2026, 00:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-07 00:15

Updated : 2026-02-19 18:11

NVD link : CVE-2020-37165

Mitre link : CVE-2020-37165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-37165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

celestialsoftware

absolutetelnet

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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