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High · 8.4 CVE-2016-20047 EUVD-2016-10849GHSA-v8g9-6wqg-f384

EKG Gadu 1.9 Local Buffer Overflow via Username Parameter

Published Mar 28, 2026 · Updated Mar 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

EKG Gadu 1.9~pre+r2855-3+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the username handling that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized username string. Attackers can trigger the overflow in the strlcpy function by passing a crafted buffer exceeding 258 bytes to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ekg EKG Gadu 1:1.9~pre+r2855-3+b1 —

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