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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 (36723)

EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 13% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 Exploit-DB
EPSS 22% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 Exploit-DB
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 9% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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.

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

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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.

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

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. 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 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

In Status::readFromParcel of Status.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to improper input validation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

In Mfc_Transceive of phNxpExtns_MifareStd.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In phFriNfc_ExtnsTransceive of phNxpExtns_MifareStd.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Integer Overflow Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Mfc_Transceive of phNxpExtns_MifareStd.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

In extract3GPPGlobalDescriptions of TextDescriptions.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. No vendor patch available.

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

In ACELP_4t64_fx of c4t64fx.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. No vendor patch available.

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

In AudioInputDescriptor::setClientActive of AudioInputDescriptor.cpp, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Multiple buffer overflow issues have been identified in Alpha5 Smart Loader: All versions prior to 4.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Alpha5 Smart Loader Firmware
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GoPro GPMF-parser 1.2.2 has an out-of-bounds write in OpenMP4Source in demo/GPMF_mp4reader.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Gpmf Parser
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GoPro GPMF-parser 1.2.2 has an out-of-bounds read and SEGV in GPMF_Next in GPMF_parser.c. 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 Gpmf Parser
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GoPro GPMF-parser 1.2.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read (4 bytes) in GPMF_Next in GPMF_parser.c. 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 Gpmf Parser
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

DjVuLibre 3.5.27 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack (application crash via an out-of-bounds read) by crafting a corrupted JB2 image file that is mishandled in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Djvulibre +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, DjVmDir.cpp in the DJVU reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash in GStringRep::strdup in libdjvu/GString.cpp caused by a heap-based. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Djvulibre +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

WriteTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted TIFF image. 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 Imagemagick +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The XWD image (X Window System window dumping file) parsing component in ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from an out-of-bounds. 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 Imagemagick
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

parse_audio_mixer_unit in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles a short descriptor, leading to out-of-bounds memory access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.12. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Linux Information Disclosure +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 15% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

HTTP/2 (2.4.20 through 2.4.39) very early pushes, for example configured with "H2PushResource", could lead to an overwrite of memory in the pushing request's pool, leading to crashes. 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 Http Server +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Delta Industrial Automation DOPSoft, Version 4.00.06.15 and prior, processing a specially crafted project file may trigger multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities, which may allow information. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

Fuji Electric FRENIC Loader 3.5.0.0 and prior is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to read limited information from the device. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Frenic Loader
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

An out-of-bounds read of a global buffer in the draw_line function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information by opening a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A stack buffer overflow in the compute_codewords function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by opening a crafted Ogg Vorbis. 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 RCE +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A heap buffer overflow in the start_decoder function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by opening a crafted Ogg Vorbis file. 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 RCE +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. 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 Microsoft RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when processing specially crafted packets. 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 Microsoft Memory Corruption +8
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP failover server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. 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 RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 3% 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 Internet Explorer. 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. 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 1% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Information Disclosure +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 13% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +10
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 29% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +10
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Windows Graphics Component improperly handles objects in memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Information Disclosure +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 13% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +8
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
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). 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 3% 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 Internet Explorer. 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge (HTML-based). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC Act Now

stb_image.h (aka the stb image loader) 2.23 has a heap-based buffer over-read in stbi__tga_load, leading to Information Disclosure or Denial of Service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. 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 Microsoft RCE +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1.0. 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 Information Disclosure Bento4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1.0. 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 Information Disclosure Bento4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Bento4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1.0. 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 Information Disclosure Bento4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC This Week

Artifex MuPDF before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in fz_chartorune in fitz/string.c because pdf/pdf-op-filter.c does not check for a missing string. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Mupdf
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Alzip 10.83 and earlier version contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, caused by improper bounds checking during the parsing of crafted ISO archive file format. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Alzip
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

UniSign 2.0.4.0 and earlier version contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability which can overwrite the stack with arbitrary data, due to a buffer overflow in a library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Unisign
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In Exiv2 before v0.27.2, there is an integer overflow vulnerability in the WebPImage::getHeaderOffset function in webpimage.cpp. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Exiv2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Pdfresurrect +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Wind River VxWorks 6.7 though 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 3 of 4). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Vxworks Sonicos +11
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 2 of 4). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Vxworks Sonicos +11
NVD
EPSS 75% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

Wind River VxWorks has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 1 of 4). 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 Vxworks E Series Santricity Os Controller +10
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC This Week

When PHP EXIF extension is parsing EXIF information from an image, e.g. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC This Week

When PHP EXIF extension is parsing EXIF information from an image, e.g. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

Wind River VxWorks 6.9.4 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 4 of 4). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Race Condition Buffer Overflow Vxworks +11
NVD
EPSS 84% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Wind River VxWorks 6.6 through 6.9 has a Buffer Overflow in the DHCP client component. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Vxworks Sonicos +8
NVD
EPSS 27% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and vx7 has a Buffer Overflow in the IPv4 component. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Vxworks E Series Santricity Os Controller +10
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 26% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web management interface of Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to overflow a buffer, which then allows the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco RCE +11
NVD Exploit-DB
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