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CVE-2016-20042

  • HIGH

Details

CVSS v3
8.4
CVSS v4
8.6
NVD published
2026-03-28 12:16:00
Affected versions
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Summary
TRN 3.6-23 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument with 156 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Remediation
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