CVE-2016-20037Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.6 · HIGH

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying overly long input strings that exceed buffer boundaries. Attackers can craft malicious command-line arguments with 262 bytes of junk data followed by shellcode to overwrite the instruction pointer and achieve code execution or denial of service.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-28: 2Technical Details · 2026-03-28: 103-28
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVEarity@CVEarity
    General

    ⚡ New CVE Alert: CVE-2016-20037 📊 Severity: 8.4 🚨 Risk Level: High 🧩 Affects: Multiple / Unspecified Products Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20037 #CVE-2016-20037 #CVE #High #CyberSecurity #InfoSec https://t.co/d2M5eXCdGR

    Post summary

    A new high‑severity CVE (CVE‑2016‑20037) is announced, but the tweet lacks details about the vulnerability, PoC, exploit, or mitigation.

    0000027
    123 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2016-20037 xwpe 1.5.30a-2.1 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying overly long input s… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20037

    Post summary

    Short notice announcing CVE‑2016‑20037 as a stack‑based buffer overflow in xwpe 1.5.30a‑2.1 and earlier that enables local code execution.

    0000064
    56.9K followersView on X

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