PT-2026-28227 · Nrss+1 · Nrss

Published 2026-03-28 · Updated 2026-03-28 · CVE-2016-20043

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NRSS RSS Reader version 0.3.9-1

Description NRSS RSS Reader version 0.3.9-1 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. Local attackers can execute arbitrary code by providing an oversized argument to the -F parameter. Attackers can create a malicious input with 256 bytes of padding followed by a controlled EIP value to overwrite the return address and achieve code execution.

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

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20043

Affected Products

Nrss

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39810 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20043 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20043 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/nrss-rss-reader-1-stack-buffer-overflow · Note
• http://codezen.org/nrss · Note