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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.

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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 databases at Exploit-DB (39810) and EUVD (EUVD-2016-10841). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• NRSS

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• RSS Reader

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• 0.3.9

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