CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-20043
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- 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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
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.
Affected configurations
• nrss nrss (<= 0.3.9-1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.codezen.org/nrss/ Broken Link, Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39810 Exploit, VDB Entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nrss-rss-reader-1-stack-buffer-overflow Third Party Advisory