CVE•Published 2026-03-28•Modified 2026-05-01•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-20046
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 95% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-03-28
Modified 2026-05-01
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-20046Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-20046Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-20046Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-20046GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-20046" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.