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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 2% CVSS 3.5
LOW PATCH Monitor

In FreeRDP before 2.1.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in cliprdr_read_format_list. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 2.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in rfx_process_message_tileset. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 2.7
LOW Monitor

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bound data read from memory in clear_decompress_subcode_rlex, visualized on screen as color. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, when using a manipulated server with USB redirection enabled (nearly) arbitrary memory can be read and written due to integer overflows in length checks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, an Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow exists. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Freerdp Leap +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, when running with logger set to "WLOG_TRACE", a possible crash of application could occur due to a read of an invalid array index. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

In FreeRDP less than or equal to 2.0.0, a possible resource exhaustion vulnerability can be performed. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.2
LOW PATCH Monitor

In QEMU 5.0.0 and earlier, megasas_lookup_frame in hw/scsi/megasas.c has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted reply_queue_head field from a guest OS user. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Qemu +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.9
LOW PATCH Monitor

In QEMU 5.0.0 and earlier, es1370_transfer_audio in hw/audio/es1370.c does not properly validate the frame count, which allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access during an. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.9). 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 +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Qemu +2
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC. 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 Mozilla Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 75. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Mozilla +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Mozilla +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

ffjpeg through 2020-02-24 has an invalid write in bmp_load in bmp.c. 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.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Ffjpeg
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

ffjpeg through 2020-02-24 has a heap-based buffer over-read in jfif_decode in jfif.c. 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.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Ffjpeg
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

ffjpeg through 2020-02-24 has an invalid read in jfif_encode in jfif.c. 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.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Ffjpeg
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

SQLite through 3.32.0 has an integer overflow in sqlite3_str_vappendf in printf.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Sqlite +14
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, 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 Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. 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 Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in FreeRDP before 2.1.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), 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 +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC6 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, AC9 V1.0 V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN, AC9 V3.0 V15.03.06.42_multi, AC15 V1.0 V15.03.05.19_multi_TD01, and AC18 V15.03.05.19(6318_)_CN. 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 Tenda RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in Cisco AMP for Endpoints Linux Connector Software and Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in Cisco AMP for Endpoints Linux Connector Software and Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco Advanced Malware Protection For Endpoints
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
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 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 Microsoft Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
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 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 Microsoft Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 5% 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 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 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka 'Internet Explorer Memory Corruption 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 8% CVSS 7.5
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 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka 'Internet Explorer Memory Corruption 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 11% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Script Runtime handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Script Runtime Remote Code Execution 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 RCE +9
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 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 53% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Memory Corruption +17
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based), aka 'Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption. 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 RCE +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 5% CVSS 7.8
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 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 Microsoft Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. 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.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libexif +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 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 +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Type confusion in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.138 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 +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Out of bounds read and write in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Products that use EDS Subsystem: Version 28.0.1 and prior (FactoryTalk Linx software (Previously called RSLinx Enterprise): Versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.11, RSLinx Classic: Version 4.11.00 and prior,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Eds Subsystem Rslinx +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory corruption issue was found in DPDK versions 17.05 and above. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Data Plane Development Kit +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 18.05 and above. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Data Plane Development Kit +5
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allows. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +24
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Morita Shogi 64 through 2020-05-02 for Nintendo 64 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packet data to the built-in modem because 0x800b3e94 (aka the IF subcommand to. 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 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

SecureCRT before 8.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Integer Overflow and a Buffer Overflow because a banner can trigger a line number to CSI functions that exceeds INT_MAX. 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 Integer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 2.2
LOW POC PATCH Monitor

libfreerdp/core/update.c in FreeRDP versions > 1.1 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out-of-bounds Read. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 2.2
LOW POC PATCH Monitor

libfreerdp/cache/bitmap.c in FreeRDP versions > 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out of bounds read. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

libfreerdp/codec/interleaved.c in FreeRDP versions > 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out-of-bounds Write. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

libfreerdp/gdi/region.c in FreeRDP versions > 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Integer Overflow. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

libfreerdp/gdi/gdi.c in FreeRDP > 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out-of-bounds Read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

libfreerdp/codec/planar.c in FreeRDP version > 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 has an Out-of-bounds Write. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Freerdp +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

Honor 20;HONOR 20 PRO;Honor Magic2;HUAWEI Mate 20 X;HUAWEI P30;HUAWEI P30 Pro;Honor View 20 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.187(C00E60R4P11); versions earlier than. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Huawei Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Airbrush FW's scratch memory allocator is susceptible to numeric overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

In crus_afe_callback of msm-cirrus-playback.c, 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. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In psi_write of psi.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing 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 +141
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In a2dp_aac_decoder_cleanup of a2dp_aac_decoder.cc, there is a possible invalid free due to memory corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Google RCE Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In GattServer::SendResponse of gatt_server.cc, there is a possible out of bounds 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 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In onTransact of IHDCP.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to incorrect error handling. 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 Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In setImageHeight and setImageWidth of ExifUtils.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds 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 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In exif_data_save_data_entry of exif-data.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), 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 +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption error. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption error. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption error. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE IBM +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IBM i2 Intelligent Analyis Platform 9.2.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Paloalto +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS that allows an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Stack Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r360971, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.4-STABLE before r360971, 11.4-BETA1 before p1 and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, libalias does not properly validate packet length resulting. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Freebsd
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

TRENDnet ProView Wireless camera TV-IP512WN 1.0R 1.0.4 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow in handling RTSP 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.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Ping Identity PingID SSH before 4.0.14 contains a heap buffer overflow in PingID-enrolled servers. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A vulnerability in the PDF archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101 - 0.102.2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Clam Antivirus +3
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the ARJ archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Clam Antivirus +3
NVD
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