CVE-2016-20037

HIGH 8.4

xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS Score

8.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying overly long input strings that exceed buffer boundaries. Attackers can craft malicious command-line arguments with 262 bytes of junk data followed by shellcode to overwrite the instruction pointer and achieve code execution or denial of service.

CWE	CWE-787
Vendor	identicalsoftware
Product	xwpe
Published	Mar 28, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 30, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Identicalsoftware / xWPE

1.5.30a-2.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39285 identicalsoftware.com: http://www.identicalsoftware.com/xwpe vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xwpe-30a-stack-based-buffer-overflow

Credits

Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com <