High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2026· Updated May 1, 2026
CVE-2016-20038
CVE-2016-20038
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.
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