BearShare Lite 5.2.5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Advanced Search keywords input that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft a specially designed payload to overwrite the EIP register and execute shellcode by pasting malicious content into the search keywords field.
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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description BearShare Lite 5.2.5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Advanced Search keywords input that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft a specially designed payload to overwrite the EIP register and execute shellcode by pasting malicious content into the search keywords field.
Title BearShare Lite 5.2.5 - 'Advanced Search'Buffer Overflow in (PoC)
Weaknesses CWE-120
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': 0, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-29T14:28:30.843Z

Reserved: 2026-01-27T15:47:08.001Z

Link: CVE-2020-37010

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-29T15:16:08.130

Modified: 2026-01-29T15:16:08.130

Link: CVE-2020-37010

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