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CVE-2016-20040: TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 Buffer Overflow via ROM Parameter

• 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-22

Description

TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ROM parameter handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized ROM parameter to the tiemu command-line interface to overflow the stack buffer and overwrite the instruction pointer with malicious addresses.

Affected products

• ticalc Texas Instrument Emulator: 3.03

References

• http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tiemu/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39692
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tiemu-nogdb-dfsg-3-buffer-overflow-via-rom-parameter

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