{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20044","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shellcode with user privileges.","modified":"2026-03-30T19:02:42.305531Z","published":"2026-03-28T12:16:00.447Z","withdrawn":"2026-03-30T19:02:42.305531Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-20044"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20044"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pinfo","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pinfo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}},{"package":{"name":"pinfo","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pinfo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}},{"package":{"name":"pinfo","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pinfo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}},{"package":{"name":"pinfo","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pinfo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["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"}}],"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"}]}