VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-20042
CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability0.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-03-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
TRN 3.6-23 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument with 156 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write