What is CVE-2016-20041?

CVE-2016-20041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yasr Screen Reader, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-20041?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Yasr Screen Reader

CVE-2016-20041

Yasr 0.6.9-5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -p parameter. Attackers can invoke yasr with a crafted payload c…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (7.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Yasr Screen Reader — versions 0.6.9-5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

ExploitDB-39734 (exploit)
Official Product Homepage (product)
VulnCheck Advisory: Yasr 0.6.9-5 Buffer Overflow via Command-line Parameter (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20041?: CVE-2016-20041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yasr Screen Reader, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-20041?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.