PT-2016-7990 · Debian+2 · Pinfo

Published 2016-01-01 · Updated 2026-03-28 · CVE-2016-20044

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 PInfo versions 0.6.9 through 0.6.9-5.1

Description PInfo versions 0.6.9 through 0.6.9-5.1 contain a local buffer overflow vulnerability. Local attackers can execute arbitrary code by providing an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can create a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

Recommendations PInfo version 0.6.9-5.1: Avoid providing oversized arguments to the -m parameter.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20044

Affected Products

Pinfo

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40023 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20044 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20044 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20044 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pinfo.alioth.debian.org · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/pinfo-local-buffer-overflow-via-m-parameter · Note