CVE-2016-20045CWE-787

CVE-2016-20045

High · published March 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

HNB Organizer 1.9.18-10 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -rc command-line parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string exceeding 108 bytes containing shellcode and a return address to overwrite the stack and achieve code execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00206 · 10.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-03-28T16:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
hnb_project/hierarchical_notebook≤ 1.9.18-10—
References (3)
http://hnb.sourceforge.net/ · [email protected]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40025 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hnb-organizer-10-local-buffer-overflow-via-rc-parameter · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAR 11:58Z
    HNB Organizer 1.9.18-10 Local Buffer Overflow via -rc Parameter
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