PT-2016-7991 · Debian+1 · Iselect

Published 2016-01-01 · Updated 2026-05-01 · CVE-2016-20048

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 iSelect version 1.4.0-2+b1

Description A local buffer overflow occurs when an oversized value is supplied to the -k/--key parameter. This allows local attackers to overflow a 1024-byte stack buffer using a malicious argument containing a NOP sled, shellcode, and return address to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20048

Affected Products

Iselect

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20048 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20048 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/161753 · Telegram Post
• http://ossp.org/pkg/tool/iselect · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/iselect-2-b1-local-buffer-overflow-via-key-parameter · Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41076 · Note