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CVE-2016-20043

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-20043 describes a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in NRSS RSS Reader version 0.3.9-1. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -F parameter, specifically by overwriting the return address. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.4 HIGH, it presents a significant risk to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability once local access is achieved. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code availability, or notable community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.3.9-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nrss:nrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.6HIGH

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 14th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/39810
ExploitVDB Entry
vulncheck.com / advisories/nrss-rss-reader-1-stack-buffer-overflow
Third Party Advisory
codezen.org / nrss
Broken LinkProduct