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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 (36734)

EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Libxls
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

The process_file function in reader.c in libdoc through 2017-10-23 has a heap-based buffer over-read that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. 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.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing invalid xref entries using the DAOpenFile or DAOpenFileReadOnly functions may. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Quick Pdf Library
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing invalid xref table pointers or invalid xref table data using the LoadFromFile,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Quick Pdf Library
NVD
EPSS 54% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing a recursive page tree structure using the LoadFromFile, LoadFromString or. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Quick Pdf Library
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices. 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 Epson Workforce Wf 2861 Firmware
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM This Month

A Buffer Error vulnerability exists in PowerSuite 2, all released versions (VW3A8104 & Patches), which could cause an overflow in the memcpy function, leading to corruption of data and program. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Powersuite 2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

XMPlay 3.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted http:// URL in a .m3u file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

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

WellinTech KingSCADA before 3.7.0.0.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow. 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.

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

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1-627. 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.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Bento4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Modules/_pickle.c in Python before 3.7.1 has an integer overflow via a large LONG_BINPUT value that is mishandled during a "resize to twice the size" attempt. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Python +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Tiny C Compiler (aka TinyCC or TCC) 0.9.27. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Tinycc
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Tiny C Compiler (aka TinyCC or TCC) 0.9.27. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Tinycc
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Tiny C Compiler (aka TinyCC or TCC) 0.9.27. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Tinycc
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Local attackers can trigger a Kernel Pool Buffer Overflow in Antiy AVL ATool v1.0.0.22. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

LibRaw::raw2image() in libraw_cxx.cpp has a heap-based buffer overflow. 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.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Libraw
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the hf_assembly function of libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. 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 Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbr_process_channel function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. 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 Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. 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 Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the lt_prediction function of libfaad/lt_predict.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. 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 Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

SQLite before 3.25.3, when the FTS3 extension is enabled, encounters an integer overflow (and resultant buffer overflow) for FTS3 queries that occur after crafted changes to FTS3 shadow tables,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Integer Overflow RCE Buffer Overflow +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Hancom Office 2018 10.0.0.8214 and earlier, Hancom Office NEO 9.6.1.10472 and earlier, Hancom Office 2014 9.1.1.4540 and earlier, Hancom Office 2010 8.5.8.1724 and earlier versions have a heap. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. 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.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

The tjLoadImage function in libjpeg-turbo 2.0.1 has an integer overflow with a resultant heap-based buffer overflow via a BMP image because multiplication of pitch and height is mishandled, as. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Libjpeg Turbo
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to trigger out-of-bounds access via a PvrdmaSqWqe ring element with a large num_sge value. 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.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Qemu +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in apply.cgi on TRENDnet TEW-632BRP 1.010B32 and TEW-673GRU devices allows attackers to hijack the control flow to any attacker-specified location by crafting a POST request payload. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tew 632Brp Firmware Tew 673Gru Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in video.cgi on TRENDnet TV-IP110WN V1.2.2 build 68, V1.2.2.65, and V1.2.2 build 64 and TV-IP121WN V1.2.2 build 28 devices allows attackers to hijack the control flow to any. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tv Ip110Wn Firmware Tv Ip121Wn Firmware
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Buffer overflow in network.cgi on TRENDnet TV-IP110WN V1.2.2 build 68, V1.2.2.65, and V1.2.2 build 64 and TV-IP121WN V1.2.2 build 28 devices allows attackers to hijack the control flow to any. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tv Ip110Wn Firmware Tv Ip121Wn Firmware
NVD
EPSS 87% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +6
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

nasm version 2.14.01rc5, 2.15 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asm/stdscan.c:130 that can result in Stack-overflow caused by triggering endless macro generation, crash the program. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Netwide Assembler
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser -. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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 Libarchive Ubuntu Linux +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Possible buffer overflow in TX and RX FIFOs of microcontroller in camera subsystem used to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Linux +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, When allocating heap using user supplied size, Possible heap overflow vulnerability due to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Linux +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Buffer overread may occur due to non-null terminated strings while processing vsprintf in. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), 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 Linux +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Possibility of accessing out of bound vector index When updating some GNSS configurations. 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.

Google Mozilla Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

FreeRDP FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc3 released version before commit 205c612820dac644d665b5bb1cdf437dc5ca01e3 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in channels/drdynvc/client/drdynvc_main.c,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Freerdp +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

KMPlayer 4.2.2.15 and earlier have a Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Kmplayer
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

IBM Domino 9.0 and 9.0.1 could allow an attacker to execute commands on the system by triggering a buffer overflow in the parsing of command line arguments passed to nsd.exe. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

IBM Buffer Overflow Domino +1
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.5
HIGH 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." This affects. 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.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices allow arbitrary remote code execution without authentication via the newpass parameter. 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.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

wbook_addworksheet in workbook.c in libexcel.a in libexcel 0.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV) via a long second argument. 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.

Microsoft Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered in several Bosch Smart Home cameras (360 degree indoor camera and Eyes outdoor camera) with firmware before 6.52.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow 360 Indoor Camera Firmware Eyes Outdoor Camera Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

WebAccess/SCADA, WebAccess/SCADA Version 8.3.2 installed on Windows 2008 R2 SP1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Buffer Overflow Webaccess Scada
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

LibVNC before commit 7b1ef0ffc4815cab9a96c7278394152bdc89dc4d contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability inside structure in VNC client code that can result remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code that can result remote code execution. 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.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +9
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Privilege Escalation +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

wbook_addworksheet in workbook.c in libexcel.a in libexcel 0.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV) via a long name. 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.

Microsoft Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

There is a stack-based buffer over-read in the jsfNameFromString function of jsflash.c in Espruino 2V00, leading to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted js file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8 on 32-bit platforms, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the ReadBMPImage function of bmp.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteTGAImage function of tga.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In YARA 3.8.1, bytecode in a specially crafted compiled rule can read data from any arbitrary address in memory, in libyara/exec.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Yara
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in several Bosch IP cameras for firmware versions 6.32 and higher. 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 Common Product Platform 4 Firmware Common Product Platform 6 Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A stack-based buffer overflow in the LAN UPnP service running on UDP port 1900 of Swisscom Internet-Box (2, Standard, and Plus) prior to v09.04.00 and Internet-Box light prior to v08.05.02 allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_create_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allow an attacker. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_flush_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 allow an attacker (who has obtained code. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_delete_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allow an attacker. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Out-of-bounds array access in dhd_rx_frame in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_linux.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Improper memory handling in Intel QuickAssist Technology for Linux (all versions) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Intel Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Improper configuration of hardware access in Intel QuickAssist Technology for Linux (all versions) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Intel Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit before 5.1 build 5120 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via the 'Domain Name' field when adding a new domain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Zoho Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An out-of-bounds read in dns_validate_dns_response in dns.c was discovered in HAProxy through 1.8.14. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Haproxy +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 808D V4.7 (All versions), SINUMERIK 808D V4.8 (All versions), SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 (All versions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Sinumerik 808D V4 7 Firmware +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF1), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 (All versions < V4.7 SP6 HF5), SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 (All versions < V4.8 SP3). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Heap Overflow Buffer Overflow Sinumerik 828D V4 7 Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. 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.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Exiv2 +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. 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.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 10% 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, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects. 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.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 69% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 23% 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, aka "Chakra 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers when they fail to properly handle requests, aka "Windows DNS Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability." This affects. 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 13% 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, aka "Chakra 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 11% 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, aka "Chakra 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 62% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

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

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 11% 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, aka "Chakra 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.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect handling of Reflect.construct in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read 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.

Google Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Execution of user supplied Javascript during object deserialization can update object length leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Deserialization +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An integer overflow leading to a heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Google +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect, thread-unsafe use of SkImage in Canvas in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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.

Google Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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.

Google Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 34% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. 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 RCE Deserialization +7
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered in /bin/boa on D-Link DIR-619L Rev.B 2.06B1 and DIR-605L Rev.B 2.12B1 devices. 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.

Memory Corruption RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue has been found in Mini-XML (aka mxml) 2.12. 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.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Mini Xml +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

In ixheaacd_adts_crc_start_reg of ixheaacd_adts_crc_check.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
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