CVE-2020-37166Disclosure(celestialsoftware / absolutetelnet)

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-120

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • absolutetelnet

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
absolutetelnet

1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-02-06: 1Technical Details · 2026-02-06: 102-06
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2020-37166 AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can o… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37166

    Post summary

    The CVE-2020-37166 vulnerability is a denial-of-service flaw in AbsoluteTelnet 11.12’s SSH2 username input, permitting local attackers to crash the application.

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CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appcelestialsoftwareabsolutetelnet11.12--

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