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CVE-2016-20046HIGHCVSS 8.4

CVE-2016-20046

Published Mar 28, 2026·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD Description

zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NAME parameter handling of FTP connections that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized NAME value exceeding the 80-byte buffer allocated in strcpy_chk to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

CVSS Vector

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

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