CVE-2016-20040 HIGH

CVE-2016-20040: TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 Buffer Overflow via ROM Parameter

Vendor Ticalc
Product Texas Instrument Emulator
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 28, 2026
Last update April 1, 2026

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

TiEmu 3.03-nogdb+dfsg-3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ROM parameter handling that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized ROM parameter to the tiemu command-line interface to overflow the stack buffer and overwrite the instruction pointer with malicious addresses.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2026 CVE published
April 1, 2026 Record updated