What is CVE-2016-20050?

CVE-2016-20050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foundstone Netschedscan, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-20050?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Foundstone Netschedscan

CVE-2016-20050

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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Foundstone Netschedscan — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

ExploitDB-39242 (exploit)
VulnCheck Advisory: NetSchedScan 1.0 Buffer Overflow Denial of Service (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20050?: CVE-2016-20050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foundstone Netschedscan, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-20050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.