CVE-2016-20040

HIGH EPSS 5.9%
Published Mar 28, 20263mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.6 CVSS 4.0
High
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Description

TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ROM parameter handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized ROM parameter to the tiemu command-line interface to overflow the stack buffer and overwrite the instruction pointer with malicious addresses.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.6
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

References 3

  • lpg.ticalc.org http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tiemu/
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39692
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tiemu-nogdb-dfsg-3-buffer-overflow-via-rom-parameter

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.