ZIP Password Recovery 2.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by providing maliciously crafted input. Attackers can create a specially prepared text file with specific characters to trigger an application crash when selecting a ZIP file.

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 Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Top Password Software ZIP Password Recovery affected
Version Status Constraints
2.30 affected —

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47894 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.top-password.com/purchase.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zip-password-recovery-zip-file-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Top Password Software
Top Password Software zip Password Recovery
Vendors & Products Top Password Software
Top Password Software zip Password Recovery

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description ZIP Password Recovery 2.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by providing maliciously crafted input. Attackers can create a specially prepared text file with specific characters to trigger an application crash when selecting a ZIP file.
Title ZIP Password Recovery 2.30 - 'ZIP File' Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-11T20:37:14.439Z

Reserved: 2026-02-10T18:44:22.711Z

Link: CVE-2020-37193

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:13.603

Modified: 2026-02-12T15:10:37.307

Link: CVE-2020-37193

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T09:35:45Z

Weaknesses