Is CVE-2016-20044 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-20044 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-20044?

CVE-2016-20044 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-20044?

CVE-2016-20044 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-20044

HIGH

8.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-10.