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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 Stack-based Buffer Overflow | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-787 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-03-28T11:57:59.881Z
Reserved: 2026-03-28T11:27:46.362Z
Link: CVE-2016-20037
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-28T12:15:58.500
Modified: 2026-03-28T12:15:58.500
Link: CVE-2016-20037
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