CVE-2020-37221 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-37221

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 Stack Overflow via SEH Unicode

Vulnerability Description

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious string to the display name textbox in the Time Zones Clock configuration. Attackers can craft a buffer with structured exception handling overwrite and encoded shellcode to bypass SafeSEH protections and execute arbitrary commands with application privileges.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Bobby Cooke

Affected Vendor

Drive-software

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Affected Software

Atomic Alarm Clock
Vulnerable Versions:
6.3

Timeline

Official Publish: May 13th, 2026
Last Modified: May 13th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)