PT-2016-7987 · Debian+1 · Ytree

Published 2016-01-01 · Updated 2026-05-01 · CVE-2016-20038

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 yTree version 1.94-1.1

Description A stack-based buffer overflow allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing an excessively long argument to the application. This is achieved by crafting a malicious command-line argument containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and execute code within the application context.

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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20038

Affected Products

Ytree

References · 10

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20038 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ytree-stack-based-buffer-overflow · Note
• http://han.de/~werner/ytree.html · Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39406 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/161748 · Telegram Post