DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20037
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-20037
Withdrawn
2026-04-25T14:01:41.781986Z
Published
2026-03-28T12:15:58.500Z
Modified
2026-04-25T14:01:41.781986Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xwpe

Package

Name
xwpe
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.5.30a-3
1.5.30a-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037.json"

Debian:12 / xwpe

Package

Name
xwpe
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.5.30a-3
1.5.30a-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037.json"

Debian:13 / xwpe

Package

Name
xwpe
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.5.30a-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037.json"