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    CVE-2016-20046 (GCVE-0-2016-20046)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-03-28 11:58 – Updated: 2026-04-01 13:58
    VLAI
    Title
    zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 Local Buffer Overflow
    Summary
    zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NAME parameter handling of FTP connections that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized NAME value exceeding the 80-byte buffer allocated in strcpy_chk to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
    Severity
    8.6 (High)
    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
    8.4 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    zFTP zFTP Client Affected: 20061220+dfsg3-4.1
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2016-08-05 00:00
    Credits
    Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com -
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2016-20046 (GCVE-0-2016-20046)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-28 11:58 – Updated: 2026-04-01 13:58
    VLAI
    Title
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    Summary
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    Severity
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    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
    8.4 (High)
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    SSVC
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    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
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    References
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    Vendor Product Version
    zFTP zFTP Client Affected: 20061220+dfsg3-4.1
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2016-08-05 00:00
    Credits
    Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com -
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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