DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20041
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-20041
Withdrawn
2026-04-25T14:01:39.473Z
Published
2026-03-28T12:15:59.860Z
Modified
2026-04-25T14:01:39.473Z
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

Yasr 0.6.9-5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -p parameter. Attackers can invoke yasr with a crafted payload containing junk data, shellcode, and a return address to overwrite the stack and trigger code execution.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / yasr

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-10
0.6.9-11
0.6.9-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041.json"

Debian:12 / yasr

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-11
0.6.9-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041.json"

Debian:13 / yasr

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-11
0.6.9-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041.json"

Debian:14 / yasr

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-11
0.6.9-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20041.json"