Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
FinalWire Everest affected
Version Status Constraints
5.50.2100 affected
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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
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References
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https://web.archive.org/web/20191223010612/https://www.aida64.com/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48259 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/everest-open-file-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation everest
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:everest:5.50.2100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation everest

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Finalwire
Finalwire everest
Vendors & Products Finalwire
Finalwire everest

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Everest, later referred to as AIDA64, 5.50.2100 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating file open functionality. Attackers can generate a 450-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the file open dialog to trigger an application crash.
Title Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, '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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T01:28:11.230Z

Reserved: 2026-02-03T16:27:45.308Z

Link: CVE-2020-37140

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-05T20:35:07.450Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-05T17:16:09.507

Modified: 2026-02-05T20:47:37.777

Link: CVE-2020-37140

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-06T12:05:09Z

Weaknesses