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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 (36691)

EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In NDEF_MsgValidate of ndef_utils.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to an integer overflow. 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 Google Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In get_element_attr_rsp of btif_rc.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), 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.

Buffer Overflow Google Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In multiple locations of Parcel.cpp, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Google Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In BnAAudioService::onTransact of IAAudioService.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to unsafe deserialization. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Google Deserialization +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In parseChunk of MPEG4Extractor.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to incompletely initialized data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Buffer Overflow Google Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In SetData of btm_ble_multi_adv.cc, there is a possible out-of-bound write due to an incorrect bounds check. 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 Google Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In addPacket of AMPEG4ElementaryAssembler, there is an out of bounds read due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In AudioStream::decode of AudioGroup.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In markBootComplete of InstalldNativeService.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), 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 Google Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in janus-gateway (aka Janus WebRTC Server) through 0.10.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Janus
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In addListener of RegionSamplingThread.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Google Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In aes_cmac of aes_cmac.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Google Buffer Overflow RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In sendCaptureResult of Camera3OutputUtils.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a use after free. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions < V9.0 SP3), SIMATIC PDM (All versions < V9.2), SIMATIC STEP 7 V5.X (All. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow Simatic Pcs 7 +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +10
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to arbitrary memory corruption based on the product configuration, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +11
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +10
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +10
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Project reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, aka 'Microsoft Project Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka 'VBScript 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Windows 10 +7
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Media Foundation Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Windows 10 +2
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting type confusion in the application.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka 'VBScript 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), 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 RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. 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 Microsoft Memory Corruption +17
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r361918, 12.1-RELEASE before p6, 11.4-STABLE before r361919, 11.3-RELEASE before p10, and 11.4-RC2 before p1, an invalid memory location may be used for HID items if the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), 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 RCE Freebsd +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Buffer Overflow Apple RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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 Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple RCE +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +8
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Buffer Overflow +9
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Apple +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apple RCE +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel in versions after 4.5-rc1 in the way mremap handled DAX Huge Pages. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Linux Linux Kernel +9
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Linux Integer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in modules/packetizer/hxxx_nal.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.11 for macOS/iOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of. 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.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 31% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

rejetto HFS (aka HTTP File Server) v2.3m Build #300, when virtual files or folders are used, allows remote attackers to trigger an invalid-pointer write access violation via concurrent HTTP requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Http File Server
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Pengutronix Barebox through v2020.05.0 has an out-of-bounds read in nfs_read_reply in net/nfs.c because a field of an incoming network packet is directly used as a length field without any bounds. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Barebox
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

ImageMagick 7.0.9-27 through 7.0.10-17 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlobToStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c during TIFF image decoding. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Imagemagick
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

The Zephyr MQTT parsing code performs insufficient checking of the length field on publish messages, allowing a buffer overflow and potentially remote code execution. 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 RCE Zephyr
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In the Zephyr Project MQTT code, improper bounds checking can result in memory corruption and possibly remote code execution. 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 RCE Zephyr
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An off-by-one error in the Zephyr project MQTT packet length decoder can result in memory corruption and possible remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow RCE Zephyr
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Improper handling of the full-buffer case in the Zephyr Bluetooth implementation can result in memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 Zephyr
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Perl Oncommand Workflow Automation +14
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Perl +16
NVD GitHub
EPSS 11% CVSS 8.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Perl before 5.30.3 on 32-bit platforms allows a heap-based buffer overflow because nested regular expression quantifiers have an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Perl +14
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10 (MTK chipsets). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10 (MTK chipsets). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In MiniShare before 1.4.2, there is a stack-based buffer overflow via an HTTP PUT request, which allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, a similar issue to CVE-2018-19861,. 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 Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (Exynos 7570 chipsets) software. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Android
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in Foxit Studio Photo before 3.6.6.922. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Foxit Studio Photo
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

hw/pci/pci.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access by providing an address near the end of the PCI configuration space. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Information Disclosure Qemu
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

rom_copy() in hw/core/loader.c in QEMU 4.0 and 4.1.0 does not validate the relationship between two addresses, which allows attackers to trigger an invalid memory copy operation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), 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 Memory Corruption Qemu +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.7
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The Elliptic package 6.5.2 for Node.js allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations in encoding, leading '\0' bytes, or integer overflows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Node.js Canonical Buffer Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.162 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.

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

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 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 Google Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

libjpeg-turbo 2.0.4, and mozjpeg 4.0.0, has a heap-based buffer over-read in get_rgb_row() in rdppm.c via a malformed PPM input file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libjpeg Turbo +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software for Cisco 809 and 829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers (Industrial ISRs) and Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR1000) could allow an. 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 Cisco RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileged EXEC credentials to execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Cisco RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software for Cisco 809 and 829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers (Industrial ISRs) and Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR1000) could allow an. 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 Cisco RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Integer overflow may occur if atom size is less than atom offset as there is improper validation of atom size in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Integer Overflow +38
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

When making query to DSP capabilities, Stack out of bounds occurs due to wrong buffer length configured for DSP attributes in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in SM8250,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Sm8250 Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in display function due to memory copy without checking length of size using strcpy function in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware +26
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

hw/pci/msix.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access via a crafted address in an msi-x mmio operation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), 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 Qemu Ubuntu Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

There is a few bytes out-of-bounds read 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 Information Disclosure +17
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

E6878-370 products with versions of 10.0.3.1(H557SP27C233) and 10.0.3.1(H563SP1C00) have a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In FreeRDP before 2.1.0, there is an out-of-bound read in irp functions (parallel_process_irp_create, serial_process_irp_create, drive_process_irp_write, printer_process_irp_write, rdpei_recv_pdu,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read in ntlm_read_NegotiateMessage. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read in ntlm_read_AuthenticateMessage. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound read in ntlm_read_ntlm_v2_client_challenge that reads up to 28 bytes out-of-bound to an internal structure. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
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