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CVE-2016-20050

NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service

Medium6.9EPSS 0.17%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
VulnCheck

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-20050, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)4.0Medium6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed4.0Medium6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Foundstone · NetSchedScan

    • affected 1.0

References (2)

Sources

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Record last updated .