PT-2016-7986 · Debian+1 · Xwpe

Published 2016-01-01 · Updated 2026-05-01 · CVE-2016-20037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xwpe versions prior to 1.5.30a-2.1

Description A stack-based buffer overflow allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This occurs when overly long input strings exceed buffer boundaries. Specifically, an attacker can use malicious command-line arguments containing 262 bytes of junk data followed by shellcode to overwrite the instruction pointer.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20037

Affected Products

Xwpe

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20037 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39285 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/161747 · Telegram Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/xwpe-30a-stack-based-buffer-overflow · Note
• http://identicalsoftware.com/xwpe · Note