VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-20043

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability0.20%
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

NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9-1 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -F parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input with 256 bytes of padding followed by a controlled EIP value to overwrite the return address and achieve code execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references