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{"bugzilla": {"description": "KeePass: KeePass: Denial of Service via malicious HTML file drag and drop in help system", "id": "2439128", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439128"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["A flaw was found in KeePass. Attackers can exploit a denial of service vulnerability in the help system's HTML handling by dragging and dropping malicious HTML files into the help area. This action can lead to application instability or a crash, resulting in a denial of service."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Users should avoid dragging and dropping untrusted HTML files into the KeePass help system to prevent triggering the denial of service vulnerability."}, "name": "CVE-2020-37178", "public_date": "2026-02-11T20:37:01Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37178\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37178\nhttps://keepass.info/\nhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47952\nhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keepass-denial-of-service-poc"], "statement": "IMPORTANT: KeePass is vulnerable to a denial of service due to improper handling of HTML content within its help system. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into dragging and dropping a specially crafted malicious HTML file into the application's help area, leading to application instability or a crash. This affects KeePass installations in Red Hat Community Projects.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

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