6.2med
CVE-2016-20050
NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Published 7 mo ago · modified 3 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.2
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 7%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
NetSchedScan 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the scan Hostname/IP field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 388 bytes of data followed by 4 bytes of EIP overwrite into the Hostname/IP field to trigger a denial of service condition.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Foundstone NetSchedScan
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/39242 · exploit
- vulncheck.com /advisories/netschedscan-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20050
- NVD: CVE-2016-20050
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