CVE-2016-20037 Details

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in xwpe versions through 1.5.30a-2.1. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing excessively long input strings that surpass buffer limits. Exploitation involves crafting malicious command-line arguments with 262 bytes of junk data followed by shellcode, which overwrites the instruction pointer, potentially leading to code execution or a denial-of-service condition.