# CVE-2020-37038: Code Blocks 20.03 - Denial Of Service

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-30 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- Code::Blocks: 20.03

## Description

Code Blocks 20.03 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating input in the FSymbols search field. Attackers can paste a large payload of 5000 repeated characters into the search field to trigger an application crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Code::Blocks, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48617
- http://www.codeblocks.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/code-blocks-denial-of-service

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