PT-2026-28230 · Undefined · Undefined

CVE-2016-20047

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Published

2026-03-28

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Updated

2026-03-28

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EKG Gadu 1.9~pre+r2855-3+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the username handling that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized username string. Attackers can trigger the overflow in the strlcpy function by passing a crafted buffer exceeding 258 bytes to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

Fix

Memory Corruption

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20047

Affected Products

Undefined