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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.6 High

CVE-2016-20037

xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Identicalsoftware xWPE

  • 1.5.30a-2.1affected

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