CVE catalog
CVE-2016-20042
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20042
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.15% · Oct 25, 2026
TRN 3.6-23 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument with 156 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | trn | 16.04 | 3.6-24 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | trn | 16.04 | 3.6-24build1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
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