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CVE-2016-20043highCWE-787

NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9-1 Stack Buffer Overflow

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 8.6epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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.
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
Affected products
nrss · NRSS Reader
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