CVE-2016-20044Disclosure(surf / pinfo)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 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

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • pinfo

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-03-28); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
pinfo

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-28: 1Mentions · 2026-03-29: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-28: 103-2803-29
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVEarity@CVEarity
    Disclosure

    ⚡ New CVE Alert: CVE-2016-20044 📊 Severity: 8.4 🚨 Risk Level: High 🧩 Affects: Multiple / Unspecified Products Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20044 #CVE-2016-20044 #CVE #High #CyberSecurity #InfoSec https://t.co/4WJMJY06q7

    Post summary

    The tweet simply announces the CVE-2016-20044 with its severity, functioning as a standard CVE disclosure.

    0000026
    123 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2016-20044 PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m para… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20044

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE‑2016‑20044, describing a local buffer overflow in PInfo that lets local attackers run arbitrary code via an oversized '-m' argument.

    0000066
    56.9K followersView on X
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