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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.6 High

CVE-2016-20043

NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9-1 Stack Buffer Overflow

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 products

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

nrss NRSS Reader

  • 0.3.9affected

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