CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-20038

8.6 HIGH Published 2026-03-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-03-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — 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/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
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

yTree 1.94-1.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and execute code in the application context.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References