CVE-2017-20225

critical · 9.3

TiEmu 2.08 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting inadequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. Attackers can trigger the overflow through command-line arguments passed to the application, leveraging ROP gadgets to bypass protections and execute shellcode in the application context.

9.3

CVSS

0.8%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

55th

EPSS percentile

2026-03-28

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
ticalc	tiemu	<= 2.0.8

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References

http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tiemu/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42087
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tiemu-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2017-20225