{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20037","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code execution or denial of service.","modified":"2026-04-25T14:01:41.781986Z","published":"2026-03-28T12:15:58.500Z","withdrawn":"2026-04-25T14:01:41.781986Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-20037"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20037"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xwpe","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}},{"package":{"name":"xwpe","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}},{"package":{"name":"xwpe","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xwpe?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}