CVE-2016-20046

8.6 highEPSS 0.2%

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.6 high

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

CVSS 3.1

8.4 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2026-03-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

http://cernlib.web.cern.ch/cernlib/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40203
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zftp-client-20061220-dfsg3-local-buffer-overflow

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