A vulnerability, which was classified as critical , has been found in NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9 . Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument -F leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-20043 . An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
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VDB-354090 · CVE-2016-20043 · EXPLOIT 39810
NRSS RSS READER 0.3.9 -F OUT-OF-BOUNDS WRITE
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Summaryinfo
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -F results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-20043. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -F with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
NRSS RSS Reader 0.3.9-1 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -F parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input with 256 bytes of padding followed by a controlled EIP value to overwrite the return address and achieve code execution.
The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-20043 since 03/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (39810).
Productinfo
Vendor
NRSS
Name
RSS Reader
Version
0.3.9
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo
03/28/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/28/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
03/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: 39810
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-20043 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-20043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354090
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entryinfo
Created: 03/28/2026 21:52
Changes: 03/28/2026 21:52 (79)
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