GoldWave 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious input in the File Open URL dialog. Attackers can generate a specially crafted text file with Unicode-encoded shellcode to trigger a stack-based overflow and execute commands when the file is opened.

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Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description GoldWave 5.70 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious input in the File Open URL dialog. Attackers can generate a specially crafted text file with Unicode-encoded shellcode to trigger a stack-based overflow and execute commands when the file is opened.
Title GoldWave 5.70 – Buffer Overflow (SEH Unicode)
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-03T22:01:37.788Z

Reserved: 2026-02-01T13:16:06.483Z

Link: CVE-2020-37066

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-03T22:16:21.440

Modified: 2026-02-03T22:16:21.440

Link: CVE-2020-37066

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Updated: 2026-02-04T12:05:09Z

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