diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/streamripper/streamripper_1.64.6.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/streamripper/streamripper_1.64.6.bb
index 6014326826..beea0c5795 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/streamripper/streamripper_1.64.6.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/streamripper/streamripper_1.64.6.bb
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "\
 
 # the included argv library needs this
 CPPFLAGS:append = " -DANSI_PROTOTYPES"
+
+# cpe-incorrect: the vulnerability is about a Windows frontend, not the CLI
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE = "CVE-2020-37065"