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CVE-2016-20043

NRSS RSS Reader

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.

CVSS 8.4EPSS 0.203%Risk 0.86
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Published
2026-03-28 12:16:00
Affected versions
<=0.3.9-1
Type
Package
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H