CVE-2016-20038
8.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
yTree 1.94-1.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and execute code in the application context.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| werner | yTree | 1.94-1.1 | affected |
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/39406
- http://www.han.de/~werner/ytree.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ytree-stack-based-buffer-overflow
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