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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 (36709)

EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow RCE +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 9% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles specially crafted OpenType fonts, aka 'OpenType Font Parsing Remote. 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 Adobe +10
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts, aka 'Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 Microsoft RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when DirectWrite improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'DirectWrite 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 7 +4
NVD
EPSS 73% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free RCE +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 9% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based), 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 Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based), 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 Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based), 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 Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (ATMFD.dll) when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'OpenType Font Driver Information. 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 Microsoft Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when DirectWrite improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'DirectWrite 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 +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component 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. 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 +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component 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. 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 +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component 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. 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 +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component 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. 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 +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component 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. 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 +8
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

File Sharing Wizard version 1.5.0 build 2008 is affected by a Structured Exception Handler based buffer overflow vulnerability. 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 Memory Corruption File Sharing Wizard
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Tnef +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In wolfSSL 4.1.0 through 4.2.0c, there are missing sanity checks of memory accesses in parsing ASN.1 certificate data while handshaking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Wolfssl
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which the size of an input buffer is not validated,. 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.

Denial Of Service Nvidia Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Eximious Logo Designer 3.82 has a User Mode Write AV starting at ExiCustomPathLib!ExiCustomPathLib::CGradientColorsProfile::BuildGradientColorsTable+0x0000000000000053. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Logo Designer
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Eximious Logo Designer 3.82 has Heap Corruption starting at ntdll!RtlpNtMakeTemporaryKey+0x0000000000001a78. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Logo Designer
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Eximious Logo Designer 3.82 has a User Mode Write AV starting at ExiVectorRender!StrokeText_Blend+0x00000000000003a7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Logo Designer
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG2000 parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS 20. 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 Heap Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the TIF-parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS 20. 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Memory corruption while accessing the memory as payload size is not validated before access in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT,. 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 Qualcomm Memory Corruption +46
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Possible Integer overflow because of subtracting two integers without checking if the result would overflow or not in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Qualcomm Buffer Overflow +46
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

When ADSP is compromised, the audio port index that`s returned from ADSP might be out of the valid range and leads to out of boundary access in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon. 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 Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware +32
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

While processing vendor command which contains corrupted channel count, an integer overflow occurs and finally will lead to heap overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Qualcomm Buffer Overflow +30
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Out of bound write issue is observed while giving information about properties that have been set so far for playing video in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Memory Corruption +36
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Improper validation of read and write index of tx and rx fifo`s before calculating pointer can lead to out-of-bound access in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Information Disclosure +39
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

While deserializing any key blob during key operations, buffer overflow could occur exposing partial key information if any key operations are invoked(Depends on CVE-2018-13907) in Snapdragon Auto,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware +42
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Improper validation of array index causes OOB write and then leads to memory corruption in MMCP in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Mdm9150 Firmware +49
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Kernel can do a memory read from arbitrary address passed by user during execution of a syscall in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Information Disclosure +27
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Thread start can cause invalid memory writes to arbitrary memory location since the argument is passed by user to kernel in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Memory Corruption +33
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Buffer over-read may occur when downloading a corrupted firmware file that has chunk length in header which doesn`t match the contents in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Information Disclosure +29
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Dereference on uninitialized buffer can happen when parsing FLV clip with corrupted codec specific data in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware +35
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Incorrect reading of system image resulting in buffer overflow when size of system image is increased in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables in MDM9607, MSM8909W, Qualcomm 215,. 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 Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware +12
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

While playing the clip which is nonstandard buffer overflow can occur while parsing in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware +41
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Out of bound access while processing a non-standard IE measurement request with length crossing past the size of frame in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Information Disclosure +44
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Possible stack overflow when an index equal to io buffer size is accessed in camera module in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon. 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 Qualcomm Msm8909W Firmware +23
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Lack of checking a variable received from driver and populating in Firmware data structure leads to buffer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Msm8909W Firmware +35
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Arbitrary buffer write issue while processing sequence header during HEVC or AVC encoding. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Memory Corruption +36
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

ADSP can be compromised since it`s a general-purpose CPU processing untrusted data in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), 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 Qualcomm Ipq4019 Firmware +46
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

LibSass before 3.6.3 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in Sass::weaveParents in ast_sel_weave.cpp. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libsass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in Investintech Able2Extract Professional 4.0.7 x64. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in Investintech Able2Extract Professional 14.0.7 x64. 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An integer overflow was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Mbed
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Buffer overflows were discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Mbed
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in PHOENIX CONTACT PC Worx through 1.86, PC Worx Express through 1.86, and Config+ through 1.86. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PowerPoint document conversion function of Rainbow PDF Office Server Document Converter V7.0 Pro MR1 (7,0,2019,0220). 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 Heap Overflow Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

FreeTDS through 1.1.11 has a 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 Freetds Ubuntu Linux
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in AMD ATIDXX64.DLL driver, versions 25.20.15031.5004 and 25.20.15031.9002. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow VMware Amd +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

RDesktop version 1.8.4 contains multiple out-of-bound access read vulnerabilities in its code, which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains global buffer overflow in HandleCoRREBBP macro function, which can potentially result code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Tightvnc
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

TurboVNC server code contains stack buffer overflow vulnerability in commit prior to cea98166008301e614e0d36776bf9435a536136e. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow RCE +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 13% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains heap buffer overflow in InitialiseRFBConnection function, which can potentially result code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains heap buffer overflow in rfbServerCutText handler, which can potentially result code execution.. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 2.2
LOW Monitor

Postgresql, versions 11.x before 11.5, is vulnerable to a memory disclosure in cross-type comparison for hashed subplan. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

PostgreSQL Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.12.0, a server implemented in Go using TJSONProtocol or TSimpleJSONProtocol may panic when feed with invalid input data. 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 Apache Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 49% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A remote SEH buffer overflow has been discovered in IntraSrv 1.0 (2007-06-03). 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 Intrasrv
NVD
EPSS 99% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space. 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.

PHP Buffer Overflow RCE +22
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. 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 +1
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5.0.20723. 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 RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.909. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Foxit Studio Photo
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

CODESYS V2.3 ENI server up to V3.2.2.24 has a 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 Eni Server +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A buffer over-read was discovered in ReadMP3APETag in apetag.c in MP3Gain 1.6.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

A heap buffer overflow bug in libpl_droidsonroids_gif before 1.2.19, as used in WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19.291 could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp in Qt qtbase 5.11.x and 5.12.x before 5.12.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), 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.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Qtbase +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1 and 6.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow IBM RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-general.c in nipper-ng 0.11.10 allows remote attackers (serving firewall configuration files) to achieve Remote Code. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Apple +3
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string. 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 Libidn2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption File +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Horner Automation Cscape 9.90 and prior, improper validation of data may cause the system to write outside the intended buffer area, which may allow arbitrary code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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.

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

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an untrusted. 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.

RCE Buffer Overflow Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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.

RCE Buffer Overflow Adobe +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have a heap overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Adobe +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an untrusted. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Adobe +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an untrusted. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Adobe +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an. 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 Information Disclosure Adobe +2
NVD
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