debian · CVE-2016-20038

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:52:53 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-20038 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ytree), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): undetermined 4.

Description:

yTree 1.94-1.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and execute code in the application context.

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