CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-20040

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

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.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update TiEmu to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS