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CVE-2016-20047

EKG Gadu 1.9 Local Buffer Overflow via Username Parameter

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-787
Vexday Risk Score
41Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Proof of concept
Public proof of concept exists, but not yet automated.
CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
28 Mar 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
EKG Gadu 1.9~pre+r2855-3+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the username handling that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized username string. Attackers can trigger the overflow in the strlcpy function by passing a crafted buffer exceeding 258 bytes to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
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
Affected products
ekg · EKG Gadu
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