Buffer Overflow
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
How It Works
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions. This overwrites whatever data or code exists there, corrupting program state and potentially giving attackers control over execution flow.
Stack-based overflows are the most common variant. When a function allocates a fixed-size buffer on the stack and then copies user-controlled input without proper bounds checking, attackers can overflow past the buffer to overwrite the function's return address. When the function completes, instead of returning to legitimate code, execution jumps to attacker-specified memory containing malicious shellcode. Heap-based overflows work differently—they corrupt heap metadata like chunk size fields or free list pointers, leading to arbitrary memory writes when the allocator processes the corrupted structures.
Modern exploitation bypasses defensive mechanisms through techniques like Return-Oriented Programming (ROP), which chains together existing code snippets to avoid non-executable memory protections. Attackers may also use heap spraying to reliably position shellcode at predictable addresses, defeating address randomization.
Impact
- Remote code execution — attacker gains ability to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the vulnerable process
- Privilege escalation — exploiting kernel or setuid program overflows to gain root/SYSTEM access
- Denial of service — crashes and memory corruption that render systems unusable
- Information disclosure — reading sensitive data from adjacent memory regions that should be inaccessible
- Authentication bypass — overwriting security-critical variables like permission flags or user IDs
Real-World Examples
Fortinet FortiOS suffered a critical buffer overflow (CVE-2025-32756) that allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code as root on firewalls and VPN gateways. Attackers actively exploited this to compromise enterprise network perimeters before patches were available.
The Slammer worm from 2003 exploited a stack overflow in Microsoft SQL Server, spreading to 75,000 hosts in ten minutes by sending a single malformed UDP packet that overwrote the return address with shellcode. No authentication was required.
OpenSSH historically contained a heap overflow in challenge-response authentication that allowed pre-authentication remote root compromise on Unix systems, demonstrating how memory corruption in privileged network services creates maximum impact scenarios.
Mitigation
- Memory-safe languages — Rust, Go, and modern managed languages prevent buffer overflows by design through automatic bounds checking
- Stack canaries — random values placed before return addresses that detect corruption before control transfer
- Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) — randomizes memory locations making exploitation less reliable
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) — marks memory regions as non-executable, preventing direct shellcode execution
- Bounds checking — validate input sizes before copying, use safe functions like
strncpyinstead ofstrcpy - Fuzzing and static analysis — automated testing to discover overflows before deployment
Recent CVEs (36587)
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability/issue exists in CX-Programmer Included in CX-One CXONE-AL[][]D-V4 V9.80 and earlier. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Out of bounds memory access in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Out of bounds read and write in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap buffer overflow in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Shelly 4PM Pro four-channel smart switch 0.11.0 allows an attacker to trigger a BLE out of bounds read fault condition that results in a device reload. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in “diagstatus” command in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric v9.2.0 and v9.1.1c could allow an authenticated user to crash the Brocade Fabric OS switch leading. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in “secpolicydelete” command in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1c and v9.2.0 could allow an authenticated privileged user to crash the Brocade Fabric. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Out of bounds memory access in Mojo in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.98 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The fwctl driver implements a state machine which is executed when a bhyve guest accesses certain x86 I/O ports. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In certain EZVIZ products, two stack based buffer overflows in mulicast_parse_sadp_packet and mulicast_get_pack_type functions of the SADP multicast protocol can allow an unauthenticated attacker. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In certain EZVIZ products, two stack buffer overflows in netClientSetWlanCfg function of the EZVIZ SDK command server can allow an authenticated attacker present on the same local network as the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, and Thunderbird 115.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, Firefox ESR 102.13, Thunderbird 115.0, and Thunderbird 102.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in `document.cookie`, the actual cookie jar sent to the host was no longer consistent with expected cookie jar state. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds read could have led to an exploitable crash when parsing HTML with DOMParser in low memory situations. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
TP-Link Archer AX21(US)_V3_1.1.4 Build 20230219 and AX21(US)_V3.6_1.1.4 Build 20230219 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
ASUS RT-AX88U's httpd is subject to an unauthenticated DoS condition. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
ASUS RT-AX88U's httpd is subject to an unauthenticated DoS condition. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Out of bounds read and write in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow in SumatraPDF Reader v3.4.6 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted text file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A stack-based overflow vulnerability [CWE-124] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 allows a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap buffer overflow in paddle.trace in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying services that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying services that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying services that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Ariel Harush and Roy Hodir from OTORIO have found a flaw in the AXIS A1001 when communicating over OSDP. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A stack-based buffer overflow in the Command Centre Server allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack via assigning cardholders to an Access Group.80 prior to vEL8.80.1192 (MR2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.
A heap-based buffer overflow issue was found in ImageMagick's PushCharPixel() function in quantum-private.h. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the SR-IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability on windows operating systems causes the Ivanti AntiVirus Product to crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A memory corruption vulnerability Panasonic Control FPWIN Pro versions 7.6.0.3 and all previous versions may allow arbitrary code execution when opening specially crafted project files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A stack-based buffer overflow in Panasonic Control FPWIN Pro versions 7.6.0.3 and all previous versions may allow arbitrary code execution when opening specially crafted project files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
async-sockets-cpp through 0.3.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in tcpsocket.hpp when processing malformed TCP packets. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
All versions of GE Digital CIMPLICITY that are not adhering to SDG guidance and accepting documents from untrusted sources are vulnerable to memory corruption issues due to insufficient input. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Foxit Reader 12.1.2.15332 handles destroying annotations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A type confusion vulnerability exists in the Javascript checkThisBox method as implemented in Foxit Reader 12.1.2.15332. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 12.1.1.15289. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
ChakraCore branch master cbb9b was discovered to contain a stack overflow vulnerability via the function Js::ScopeSlots::IsDebuggerScopeSlotArray(). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
D-LINK DIR-815 v1.01 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component /web/captcha.cgi. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
TP-LINK Archer C50v2 Archer C50(US)_V2_160801, TP-LINK Archer C20v1 Archer_C20_V1_150707, and TP-LINK Archer C2v1 Archer_C2_US__V1_170228 were discovered to contain a buffer overflow which may lead. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A heap overflow vulnerability found in EdgeRouters and Aircubes allows a malicious actor to interrupt UPnP service to said devices. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.10. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.8. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.9. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.8. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
faust commit ee39a19 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component boxppShared::print() at /boxes/ppbox.cpp. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
D-Link DIR-619L v2.04(TW) was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the curTime parameter at /goform/formLogin. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zyxel ATP series firmware versions 4.32 through 5.36 Patch 2, USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50 through 5.36 Patch 2, USG FLEX 50(W) series firmware. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 with a Federated configuration is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IQ Engine before 10.6r1 on Extreme Network AP devices has a Buffer Overflow in the implementation of the CAPWAP protocol that may be exploited to obtain elevated privileges to conduct remote code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
WAYOS FBM-291W 19.09.11V was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component /upgrade_filter.asp. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Bitdefender Engines on Windows causes the engine to crash.94791 and lower. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges, to cause a Denial of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
iSCSI dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromqossetting. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromSafeUrlFilter. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromSafeMacFilter. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromP2pListFilter. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromSafeClientFilter. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408) and FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN, AC10 V1.0, AC1206 V1.0, AC7 V1.0, AC5 V1.0, and AC9 V3.0 were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408) and FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN, AC10 V1.0, AC1206 V1.0, AC7 V1.0, AC5 V1.0, and AC9 V3.0 were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function frmL7ProtForm. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Tenda F1202 V1.0BR_V1.2.0.20(408), FH1202_V1.2.0.19_EN were discovered to contain a stack overflow in the page parameter in the function fromRouteStatic. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
libjpeg commit db33a6e was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via LineBitmapRequester::EncodeRegion at linebitmaprequester.cpp. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Controller DoS due to buffer overflow in the handling of a specially crafted message received by the controller. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Controller DoS may occur due to buffer overflow when an error is generated in response to a specially crafted message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Server or Console Station DoS due to heap overflow occurring during the handling of a specially crafted message for a specific configuration operation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Controller DoS due to stack overflow when decoding a message from the server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Experion server may experience a DoS due to a heap overflow which could occur when handling a specially crafted message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Experion server DoS due to heap overflow occurring during the handling of a specially crafted message for a specific configuration operation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Experion server may experience a DoS due to a stack overflow when handling a specially crafted message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.