Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-20009
CVE-2016-20009
Description
A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-a20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-a35_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sgt-a65_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Wind River/VxWorksdescription
Patches
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References
2- blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdfnvdThird Party Advisory
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