What is CVE-2020-36967?

CVE-2020-36967 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zortam.com Zortam Mp3 Media Studio, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-36967?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Zortam.com Zortam Mp3 Media Studio

CVE-2020-36967

Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 27.60 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the library creation file selection process that allows remote code execution. Attackers can craft a malicious text file with shellcode to trigger a structured exception handler (SEH) overwrite and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Zortam.com Zortam Mp3 Media Studio — versions 27.60

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49084 (exploit)
www.zortam.com/index.html (product)
www.zortam.com/download.html (product)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zortam-mp-media-studio-remote-code-execution-seh (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36967?: CVE-2020-36967 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zortam.com Zortam Mp3 Media Studio, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-36967?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.