CVE-2016-20047
HIGH
8.4
CVSS Severity Score
Vulnerability Description
EKG Gadu 1.9~pre+r2855-3+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the username handling that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized username string. Attackers can trigger the overflow in the strlcpy function by passing a crafted buffer exceeding 258 bytes to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Affected Platforms (CPE)
No CPE configurations currently published for this record.