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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-28 | Published 2026-03-28 | Updated 2026-03-30 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

1.94-1.1
affected

Credits

Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com -jsacco@exploitpack.com finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39406 (ExploitDB-39406) exploit

www.han.de/~werner/ytree.html (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...ories/ytree-stack-based-buffer-overflow (VulnCheck Advisory: yTree 1.94-1.1 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-20038)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-20038)

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