UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20041
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-20041
Published
2026-03-28T12:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:03:19.142640057Z
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
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-8
0.6.9-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-10"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-11"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=questing

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-12"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
yasr

Package

Name
yasr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yasr?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.9-12
0.6.9-12build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yasr",
            "binary_version": "0.6.9-12build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20041.json"