Advisories

Internet Download Manager 6.38.12 Scheduler Buffer Overflow

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • Internet Download Manager <= 6.38.12

CWE
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CVSS
6.9
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Vincent Wolterman
Description
Internet Download Manager 6.38.12 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Scheduler component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data exceeding 5000 bytes into the 'Open the following file when done' field to trigger a denial of service condition.

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