Tucows Audio Playback Recorder 3.2.2 eject/registration stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Tucows Audio Playback Recorder 3.2.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation of the argument eject/registration can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-37013. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Tucows Audio Playback Recorder 3.2.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument eject/registration with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Audio Playback Recorder 3.2.2 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the eject and registration parameters that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft malicious payloads and overwrite Structured Exception Handler (SEH) to execute shellcode when pasting specially crafted input into the application's input fields.

The weakness was disclosed by Felipe Winsnes as 48796. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-37013 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Tucows

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• Audio Playback Recorder

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• 3.2.2

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