Vulnerability details

CVE-2016-20048

iselect iSelect

iSelect 1.4.0-2+b1 Local Buffer Overflow via key parameter

CVSS 4.0
8.6High

Official description

iSelect 1.4.0-2+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized value to the -k/--key parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious argument containing a NOP sled, shellcode, and return address to overflow a 1024-byte stack buffer and gain code execution with user privileges.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.6High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
iselect iSelect 1.4.0-2+b1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-03-28
Last updated
2026-03-30
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
VulnCheck

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.16%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
6.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22
    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')