8.4high
CVE-2016-20037
xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published 7 mo ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.4
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 5%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 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 |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Identicalsoftware xWPE
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/39285 · exploit
- identicalsoftware.com /xwpe · product
- vulncheck.com /advisories/xwpe-30a-stack-based-buffer-overflow · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20037
- NVD: CVE-2016-20037
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