PT-2016-7991
CVE-2016-20048
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Published
2016-01-01
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Updated
2026-10-07
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.4
HighMetricsAV: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.
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