PT-2026-30348 · Mcafee · Netschedscan

CVE-2016-20050 · Published 2026-04-04 · Updated 2026-07-20

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetSchedScan version 1.0

Description A buffer overflow occurs in the scan Hostname/IP field, allowing local attackers to crash the application by providing an oversized input string. By entering a crafted payload consisting of 388 bytes of data followed by 4 bytes of EIP overwrite into the Hostname/IP field, a denial of service condition is triggered. EIP (Extended Instruction Pointer) is a register that points to the next instruction to be executed.

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

Exploit

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20050

Affected Products

Netschedscan

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39242 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20050 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netschedscan-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/208082 · Telegram Post