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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 (36735)

EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. 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 Binutils
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. 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 Binutils
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. 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 Buffer Overflow Pdfalto
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An issue was discovered in libsvg2 through 2012-10-19. 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 Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered in libsvg2 through 2012-10-19. 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 Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the xtimor NMEA library (aka nmealib) 0.5.3. 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
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in. 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
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for PolyAi (AI), an Ethereum token, has an integer overflow that allows the owner of the contract to set the balance of an arbitrary user to. 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.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Polyai
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In the mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), an Ethereum ERC20 token, the administrator can control mintedAmount, leverage an integer overflow, and modify a user. 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.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Substratum
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of database fields in the video-core HTTP server of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of database fields in the video-core HTTP server of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM POC This Month

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of database fields in the video-core HTTP server of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Samsung +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of a database field in video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the /cameras/XXXX/clips handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the credentials handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 tool db2licm is affected by buffer overflow vulnerability that can potentially result in arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft IBM Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A flaw was discovered in the HPACK decoder of HAProxy, before 1.8.14, that is used for HTTP/2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via. 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 +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in WAVM before 2018-09-16. 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 16% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic Versions 4.00.01 and prior. 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.

Rockwell RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic Versions 4.00.01 and prior. 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.

Heap Overflow Rockwell Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Samsung WifiScan handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Samsung WifiScan handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version 0.20.17. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Samsung Sth Eth 250 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Qualcomm Buffer Overflow +30
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Qualcomm +32
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Qualcomm Buffer Overflow Mdm9206 Firmware +34
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Snapdragon (Automobile, Mobile, Wear) in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Qualcomm Buffer Overflow Mdm9206 Firmware +34
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

The function mp4v2::impl::MP4Track::FinishSdtp() in mp4track.cpp in libmp4v2 2.1.0 mishandles compatibleBrand while processing a crafted mp4 file, which leads to a heap-based buffer over-read,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) 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 and no vendor patch available.

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

Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) 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 and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Openvswitch +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM This Month

WECON PLC Editor version 1.3.3U may allow an attacker to execute code under the current process when processing project files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Plc Editor
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

cgi_system in NUUO's NVRMini2 3.8.0 and below allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests. 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.

RCE Buffer Overflow Nvrmini2 Firmware
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, a race condition while accessing num of clients in DIAG services can lead to out of. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Google Mozilla Linux +2
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, while relocating kernel images with a specially crafted boot image, an out of bounds 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.

Google Mozilla Linux +2
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, while processing start bss request from upper layer, out of bounds read occurs if ssid. 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, while processing diag event after associating to a network out of bounds read occurs if. 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, improper length check Validation in WLAN function can lead to driver writes the default rsn. 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 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, while processing preferred network offload scan results integer overflow may lead to buffer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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, while processing vendor scan request, when input argument - length of request IEs is. 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 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 requesting rssi timeout, access invalid memory may occur since local variable. 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 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, lack of check while calculating the MPDU data length will cause an integer overflow and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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, possibility of invalid memory access while processing driver command in WLAN function. 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 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption Linux Use After Free +6
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
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, lack of length validation check for value received from firmware can lead to buffer. 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 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, lack of length validation check for value received from firmware can lead to buffer. 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 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, lack of check of input received from firmware to calculate the length of WMA roam synch. 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 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, a potential buffer over flow could occur while processing the ndp event due to lack of. 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 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, improper check In the WMA API for the inputs received from the firmware and then fills the. 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 Linux Google +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, lack of check on input received to calculate the buffer length can lead to out of bound. 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 Linux Google +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, during wlan association, driver allocates memory. 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 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, improper length check can lead to out-of-bounds access in WLAN function. 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 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, lack of input size validation before copying to buffer in PMIC function can lead to heap. 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 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, lack of check on integer overflow while calculating memory can lead to Buffer overflow in. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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, lack of check of input received from userspace before copying into buffer can lead to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Google Mozilla Linux +2
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, lack of check on buffer length while processing debug log event from firmware can lead to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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, while processing SET_PASSPOINT_LIST vendor command HDD does not make sure that the realm. 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 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, a buffer over-read can occur In the WMA NDP event handler functions due to lack of. 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, while processing a message from firmware in WLAN handler, a buffer overwrite can occur. 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 Linux Google +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, WMA handler carries a fixed event data from the firmware to the host . 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 Linux Google +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, in wma_ndp_confirm_event_handler and wma_ndp_indication_event_handler, ndp_cfg len and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), 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 Information Disclosure Linux +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Venus HW searches for start code when decoding input bit stream buffers. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), 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, buffer overflow may occur when payload size is extremely large. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Google Mozilla Linux +2
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, possible buffer overflow while incrementing the log_buf of type uint64_t in memcpy. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of PoDoFo. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Podofo
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-17 in Go mishandles <template><tBody><isindex/action=0>, leading to a "panic: runtime error" in inBodyIM in parse.go during an html.Parse call. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Net Fedora
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In Tinyftp Tinyftpd 1.1, a buffer overflow exists in the text variable of the do_mkd function in the ftpproto.c file. 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 Tinyftp
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. 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.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The WavFileBase class in WavFile.cpp in Olli Parviainen SoundTouch 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption from size inconsistency) or possibly have unspecified. 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 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue has been discovered in mpruett Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

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

The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because there is. 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 Buffer Overflow Jhead
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

GPP through 2.25 will try to use more memory space than is available on the stack, leading to a segmentation fault or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted file. 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 General Purpose Preprocessor
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

JSON++ through 2016-06-15 has a buffer over-read in yyparse() in json.y. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Json
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 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 Buffer Overflow D-Link +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 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 Buffer Overflow D-Link +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 12% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in OPC UA applications allows remote attackers to trigger a stack overflow with carefully structured requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Unified Architecture Net Legacy +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.0.11 (in 4.0.x) and prior to 4.1.6 (in 4.1.x), and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, version prior to 4.0.5.3 (in 4.0.x) contain a Buffer Over-Read. 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.

Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Bsafe +12
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue has been found in doc2txt through 2014-03-19. 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 Buffer Overflow Doc2Txt
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow on the ASUS GT-AC5300 router through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, 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 7.8
HIGH This Week

A maliciously crafted project file may cause a buffer overflow, which may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code that affects Fuji Electric V-Server Lite 4.0.3.0 and prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow V Server
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file. 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 Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Mgetty
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Mgetty
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Mgetty
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5_compress_continue in lz5_compress.c, related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. 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.

Information Disclosure Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Open Chinese Convert (OpenCC) 1.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) because BinaryDict::NewFromFile in BinaryDict.cpp may have out-of-bounds keyOffset and. 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 Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
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