DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20044
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-20044
Withdrawn
2026-03-30T19:02:42.305531Z
Published
2026-03-28T12:16:00.447Z
Modified
2026-03-30T19:02:42.305531Z
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

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pinfo

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.13-1.1
0.6.13-1.2
0.6.13-1.3
0.6.13-1.4
0.6.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044.json"

Debian:12 / pinfo

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.13-1.3
0.6.13-1.4
0.6.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044.json"

Debian:13 / pinfo

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044.json"

Debian:14 / pinfo

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044.json"