CVE-2016-9176: micro focus micro focus rumba 9.4

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9176 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in micro focus micro focus rumba 9.4. EPSS estimates a 2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-11-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack buffer overflow in the send.exe and receive.exe components of Micro Focus Rumba 9.4 and earlier could be used by local attackers or attackers able to inject arguments to these binaries to execute code.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.