CVE-2016-20049 PUBLISHED

JAD 1.5.8e-1kali1 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 28.03.2026 Published: 28.03.2026 Updated: 28.03.2026

JAD 1.5.8e-1kali1 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying oversized input that exceeds buffer boundaries. Attackers can craft malicious input strings exceeding 8150 bytes to overflow the stack, overwrite return addresses, and execute shellcode in the application context.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor Varaneckas
Product JAD Java Decompiler
Versions
  • Version 1.5.8e-1kali1 is affected

Credits

  • Juan Sacco <juan.sacco@kpn.com> at KPN Red Team - http://www.kpn.com finder

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Write CWE