zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NAME parameter handling of FTP connections that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized NAME value exceeding the 80-byte buffer allocated in strcpy_chk to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
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Description zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NAME parameter handling of FTP connections that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized NAME value exceeding the 80-byte buffer allocated in strcpy_chk to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Title zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 Local Buffer Overflow
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-28T11:58:06.907Z

Reserved: 2026-03-28T11:39:30.497Z

Link: CVE-2016-20046

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-28T12:16:00.827

Modified: 2026-03-28T12:16:00.827

Link: CVE-2016-20046

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