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CVE-2016-20038

  • HIGH

Details

CVSS v3
8.4
CVSS v4
8.6
NVD published
2026-03-28 12:15:59
Affected versions
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Summary
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.
Remediation
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