Denial of Service Risk in Frigate Application from Vendor Issues
CVE-2020-37039

4.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Winfrigate

Status
Frigate 2
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 January 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2020-37039?

Frigate 2.02 is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability that allows malicious actors to crash the application. By sending oversized input—specifically a payload of 8000 repeated characters—through the command line interface, an attacker can effectively render the application non-functional. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to users of Frigate 2.02, as it can lead to disruption of services and potential data loss.

Affected Version(s)

Frigate 2 2.02

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2020-37039 - Proof of Concept

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48613
exploit
https://web.archive.org/web/20190623044943/http://www.fri...
product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frigate-denial-of-se...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
4.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Paras Bhatia
.