CVE-2016-20050 | THREATINT

Description

NetSchedScan 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the scan Hostname/IP field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 388 bytes of data followed by 4 bytes of EIP overwrite into the Hostname/IP field to trigger a denial of service condition.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-04 | Published 2026-04-04 | Updated 2026-04-06 | Assigner VulnCheck

MEDIUM: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

MEDIUM: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

1.0

affected

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39242 (ExploitDB-39242) exploit

www.vulncheck.com/...dscan-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service (VulnCheck Advisory: NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-20050)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-20050)

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