CVE-2016-20048: Iselect

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

iSelect 1.4.0-2+b1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized value to the -k/--key parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious argument containing a NOP sled, shellcode, and return address to overflow a 1024-byte stack buffer and gain code execution with user privileges.

Affected products

• Iselect Iselect: version 1.4.0-2+b1 only

Published 2026-03-28. Last modified 2026-10-07.