DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20038
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-20038
Withdrawn
2026-04-25T14:01:33.545118Z
Published
2026-03-28T12:15:59.277Z
Modified
2026-04-25T14:01:33.545118Z
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

yTree 1.94-1.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and execute code in the application context.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ytree

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.99pl1-2
1.99pl1-2.1
1.99pl1-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038.json"

Debian:12 / ytree

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.99pl1-2.1
1.99pl1-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038.json"

Debian:13 / ytree

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.99pl1-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20038.json"