ESnet iPerf3 JSON parse_string UTF Code Execution Vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2016-0164 ESnet iPerf3 JSON parsestring UTF Code Execution Vulnerability June 8, 2016 CVE Number CVE-2016-4303 DESCRIPTION An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the JSON handling functionality of ESnet iPerf3. A specially crafted JSON string...

iperf3 -- buffer overflow

ESnet reports: A malicious process can connect to an iperf3 server and, by sending a malformed message on the control channel, corrupt the server process's heap area. This can lead to a crash and a denial of service, or theoretically a remote code execution as the user running the iperf3 server. ...