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CVE-2016-20050: NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: yes
• Published: 2026-04-04 · updated 2026-07-20
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

NetSchedScan 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the scan Hostname/IP field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 388 bytes of data followed by 4 bytes of EIP overwrite into the Hostname/IP field to trigger a denial of service condition.

Affected products

• Foundstone NetSchedScan: 1.0

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39242
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netschedscan-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service

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