CVE-2016-20037

Summary

xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying overly long input strings that exceed buffer boundaries. Attackers can craft malicious command-line arguments with 262 bytes of junk data followed by shellcode to overwrite the instruction pointer and achieve code execution or denial of service.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39285
• http://www.identicalsoftware.com/xwpe
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xwpe-30a-stack-based-buffer-overflow

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