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Buffer Overflow

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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 strncpy instead of strcpy
  • Fuzzing and static analysis — automated testing to discover overflows before deployment

Recent CVEs (36657)

EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

SAP NetWeaver ABAP Server and ABAP Platform (Dispatcher), versions - KRNL32NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT, KRNL32UC - 7.22,7.22EXT, KRNL64NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT,7.49, KRNL64UC - 8.04,7.22,7.22EXT,7.49,7.53,7.73,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SAP Internet Graphics Service, versions - 7.20,7.20EXT,7.53,7.20_EX2,7.81, allows an unauthenticated attacker after retrieving an existing system state value can submit a malicious IGS request over a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption SAP +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

SAP NetWeaver ABAP Server and ABAP Platform (Enqueue Server), versions - KRNL32NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT, KRNL64NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT,7.49, KRNL64UC - 8.04,7.22,7.22EXT,7.49,7.53,7.73, KERNEL -. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow SAP Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (RFC Gateway), versions - KRNL32NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT, KRNL64NUC - 7.22,7.22EXT,7.49, KRNL64UC - 8.04,7.22,7.22EXT,7.49,7.53,7.73, KERNEL -. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow SAP Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 59% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Memory Corruption +15
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Buffer Overflow Windows 10 Windows 7 +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

The jutil.dll library in all versions of Solid Edge SE2020 before 2020MP14 and all versions of Solid Edge SE2021 before SE2021MP5 lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing DFT files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Solid Edge Se2020 Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

The ugeom2d.dll library in all versions of Solid Edge SE2020 before 2020MP14 and all versions of Solid Edge SE2021 before SE2021MP5 lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing DFT. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Solid Edge Se2020 Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap 2020.2 (All versions < V2020.2.MP3), Simcenter Femap 2021.1 (All versions < V2021.1.MP3). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Simcenter Femap
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V13.1.0.3), Teamcenter Visualization (All versions < V13.1.0.3). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Jt2Go +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap 2020.2 (All versions < V2020.2.MP3), Simcenter Femap 2021.1 (All versions < V2021.1.MP3). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Simcenter Femap
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Linux Linux Kernel +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Openexr
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Openexr +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Openexr +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

Out of bounds read in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit stack corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Out of bounds memory access in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access 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.

Buffer Overflow Google Chrome +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Out of bounds write in TabStrip in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted. 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Heap buffer overflow in Autofill in Google Chrome on Android prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Sharp NEC Displays ((UN462A R1.300 and prior to it, UN462VA R1.300 and prior to it, UN492S R1.300 and prior to it, UN492VS R1.300 and prior to it, UN552A R1.300 and prior to it, UN552S R1.300 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Command Injection Un462A Firmware +33
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Heap buffer overflow in Reader Mode in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Heap buffer overflow in History in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

Out of bounds read in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory read via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Out of bounds write in Tab Strip in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory write via a. 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Heap buffer overflow in Media Feeds in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to enable certain features in Chrome to potentially exploit heap corruption via a. 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to cause the affected software to terminate or to gain access to memory state information that is related to the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Cisco +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Windows and MacOS and Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Cisco +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Windows and MacOS and Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Cisco +7
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

aom_dsp/noise_model.c in libaom in AOMedia before 2021-03-24 has a buffer overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow Aomedia Fedora
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

The eBPF RINGBUF bpf_ringbuf_reserve() function in the Linux kernel did not check that the allocated size was smaller than the ringbuf size, allowing an attacker to perform out-of-bounds writes. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Linux RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Huawei Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

dwa_uncompress in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.4 allows an out-of-bounds array access because dc_count is not strictly checked. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Ffmpeg
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A stack corruption bug was found in libtpms in versions before 0.7.2 and before 0.8.0 while decrypting data using RSA. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow Libtpms Enterprise Linux
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiProxy physical appliance CLI 2.0.0 to 2.0.1, 1.2.0 to 1.2.9, 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, 1.0.0 to 1.0.7 may allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Pillow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Pillow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

GStreamer versions prior to 1.18.4 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing malformed ID3v2 tags, potentially leading to denial of service through information disclosure or application crash. The vulnerability affects GStreamer itself and multiple NetApp products (Active IQ Unified Manager, E-Series Santricity, OnCommand suite, and HCI Management Node) that embed or depend on GStreamer libraries. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by crafting a malicious audio file with specially formatted ID3v2 metadata and providing it to an application that uses the affected GStreamer library, though the EPSS score of 0.13% (32nd percentile) suggests limited real-world exploitation likelihood despite the moderate CVSS 5.5 rating.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

There's a flaw in lz4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Lz4 +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A vulnerability was discovered in the indexOf function of JSONParserByteArray in JSON Smart versions 1.3 and 2.4 which causes a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted web request. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM Security Verify Access 20.07 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow IBM Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Drive Controller family (All versions < V2.9.2), SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC (incl. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Simatic Driver Controller Firmware +5
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf in versions before 2.42.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Gdk Pixbuf +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A flaw was found in the ZeroMQ server in versions before 4.3.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow Zeromq Ceph Storage +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Datakit Software libraries CatiaV5_3dRead, CatiaV6_3dRead, Step3dRead, Ug3dReadPsr, Jt3dReadPsr modules in KeyShot Versions v10.1 and prior are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read, which may allow an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Datakit Software libraries CatiaV5_3dRead, CatiaV6_3dRead, Step3dRead, Ug3dReadPsr, Jt3dReadPsr modules in KeyShot Versions v10.1 and prior lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Crosscadware +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Datakit Software libraries CatiaV5_3dRead, CatiaV6_3dRead, Step3dRead, Ug3dReadPsr, Jt3dReadPsr modules in KeyShot Versions v10.1 and prior lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Crosscadware +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.7 enforces incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations, aka CID-bb01a1bba579. 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.

Buffer Overflow Linux Privilege Escalation +13
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

LookupCol.c in X.Org X through X11R7.7 and libX11 before 1.7.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. 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.

Buffer Overflow RCE Libx11 +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in some Huawei products. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Huawei Memory Corruption +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

There is an out of bounds write vulnerability in some Huawei products. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Huawei Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 69% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Windows File Resource Profiles in 9.X allows a remote authenticated user with privileges to browse SMB shares to execute arbitrary code as the root user. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 41% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R11.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user via maliciously crafted meeting room. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

GattLib 0.3-rc1 has a stack-based buffer over-read in get_device_path_from_mac in dbus/gattlib.c. 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.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Gattlib
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Trend Micro Home Network Security version 6.6.604 and earlier is vulnerable to an iotcl stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to issue a specially crafted iotcl. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A flaw was found in libcaca. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Libcaca Fedora
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An Out of Bounds flaw was found fig2dev version 3.2.8a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Fig2Dev Fedora +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

A flaw was found in dmg2img through 20170502. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A flaw was found in libcaca. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Libcaca +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Podofo
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Podofo Enterprise Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Podofo Enterprise Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

In ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16, ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.2 (Other branches of ISC DHCP (i.e., releases in the 4.0.x series or lower and releases in the 4.3.x series) are beyond their End-of-Life. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Dhcp Fedora +14
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Binutils
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

A flaw was found in dmg2img through 20170502. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of string matching within a packet. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Linux Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability exists that could cause denial of service or unauthorized access to system information when interacting directly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Authentication Bypass +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Trend Micro Home Network Security version 6.6.604 and earlier is vulnerable to an iotcl stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to issue a specially crafted iotcl to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Trend Micro +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7). Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Linux Kernel +12
NVD GitHub
EPSS 51% 4.1 CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

In Arm Trusted Firmware M through 1.2, the NS world may trigger a system halt, an overwrite of secure data, or the printing out of secure data when calling secure functions under the NSPE handler. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 51.1%.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Trusted Firmware M
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

A local buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4); HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen9; HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) for HPE Gen10 Servers; HPE SimpliVity 380. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Integrated Lights Out 4 Integrated Lights Out 5
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

CODESYS V2 runtime system before 2.4.7.55 has Improper Input Validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure 750 893 Firmware +28
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

CODESYS V2 Web-Server before 1.1.9.20 has an Out-of-bounds Read. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure 750 893 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

CODESYS V2 Web-Server before 1.1.9.20 has an Out-of-bounds Write. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption 750 893 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

CODESYS V2 Web-Server before 1.1.9.20 has a a Buffer Copy without Checking the Size of the Input. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow 750 893 Firmware 750 891 Firmware +26
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

CODESYS V2 Web-Server before 1.1.9.20 has a Stack-based Buffer Overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption 750 893 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

CODESYS V2 runtime system SP before 2.4.7.55 has a Stack-based Buffer Overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption 750 893 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

CODESYS V2 runtime system SP before 2.4.7.55 has a Heap-based Buffer Overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption 750 893 Firmware +28
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Libvirt Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (TTC Parser). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.1.2) and Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.2) contain out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component (JPEG2000 Parser). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Information Disclosure +3
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