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CVE-2016-20037 (GCVE-0-2016-20037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-28 11:57 – Updated: 2026-03-30 14:53
VLAI
Title
xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Identicalsoftware xWPE Affected: 1.5.30a-2.1
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Date Public
2016-01-21 00:00
Credits
Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com <
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