NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
NetSchedScan 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the scan Hostname/IP field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 388 bytes of data followed by 4 bytes of EIP overwrite into the Hostname/IP field to trigger a denial of service condition.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00171 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundstone | NetSchedScan | 1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- NetSchedScan VendorFoundstone Affected 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-20050
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3c69-45qx-vjjh
References
Exploit 1
More Foundstone vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-00582 Format string vulnerability in Foundstone FScan 1.12 with banner grabbing enabled allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2016-20050 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-20050 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3c69-45qx-vjjh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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