CVE-2016-20040Disclosure

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

TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ROM parameter handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized ROM parameter to the tiemu command-line interface to overflow the stack buffer and overwrite the instruction pointer with malicious addresses.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-22

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: 2 classified signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-28: 2Technical Details · 2026-03-28: 103-28
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVEarity@CVEarity
    Disclosure

    ⚡ New CVE Alert: CVE-2016-20040 📊 Severity: 8.4 🚨 Risk Level: High 🧩 Affects: Multiple / Unspecified Products Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20040 #CVE-2016-20040 #CVE #High #CyberSecurity #InfoSec https://t.co/dhJGJe0Uqv

    Post summary

    The tweet simply announces CVE‑2016‑20040 with its severity score, providing no additional technical, exploit, or mitigation information.

    0000025
    123 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2016-20040 TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ROM parameter handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitra… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20040

    Post summary

    The post announces a buffer overflow in TiEmu 3.03 capable of local crash or arbitrary execution, but provides no PoC, exploit, patch, or active exploitation details.

    0000066
    56.9K followersView on X

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