CVE-2020-36961 | 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.65 contains a buffer … | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.65 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in exception handling that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft a malicious file with 209 bytes of padding and a specially constructed Structured Exception Handler to trigger code execution.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-36961
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-01-26 14:18 UTC
Published: 2026-01-28 17:35 UTC
Last updated: 2026-03-05 01:27 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Vendor / Product: 10-Strike Software / Network Inventory Explorer
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
10-Strike Software	Network Inventory Explorer	—	8.65

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-121	cna	Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4	HIGH	4.0	cna	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

References (3)

ExploitDB-49134 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49134
10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer Vendor Homepage https://www.10-strike.com
VulnCheck Advisory: 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.65 - Buffer Overflow (SEH) https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/strike-network-inventory-explorer-buffer-overflow-seh