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CVE-2016-20038: yTree 1.94-1.1 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• werner yTree: 1.94-1.1

References

• http://www.han.de/~werner/ytree.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39406
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ytree-stack-based-buffer-overflow

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