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Buffer Overflow

memory HIGH

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 (36780)

EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or achieve code execution by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz 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.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and no vendor patch available.

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 14.1%.

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the SNMP implementation of could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 10.3%.

Buffer Overflow RCE
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 8.8
HIGH Act Now

A vulnerability in the SNMP implementation of could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 11.8% and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Ios Xe
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 10.0%.

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the SNMP implementation of could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 14.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 14.1%.

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE +1
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the SNMP implementation of could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 14.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE
NVD
EPSS 89% 7.4 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in Fuji Electric V-Server Version 3.3.22.0 and prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Integer overflow in the ape_decode_frame function in libavcodec/apedec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 through 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access and application crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An FR-GV-304 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions()" and a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in data2vp_wimax()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 21.5%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An FR-GV-206 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "DHCP - Read overflow when decoding option 63" and a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Denial Of Service Freeradius
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An FR-GV-205 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "DHCP - Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_options()" and a denial of service. 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 30.2%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An FR-GV-201 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 and 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Read / write overflow in make_secret()" and a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Denial Of Service Freeradius +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The shoco_decompress function in the API in shoco through 2017-07-17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via malformed compressed data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call. 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.131 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Action Script 2 BitmapData class. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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 Memory Corruption Adobe +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.131 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Action Script 3 raster data model. 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 Memory Corruption Adobe +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A routine within an internal Junos OS sockets library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In PHP 7.x before 7.0.21 and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, ext/intl/msgformat/msgformat_parse.c does not restrict the locale length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service PHP
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Stack buffer overflow in networkmap in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices and ASUS firmware for ASUS RT-AC5300, RT_AC1900P, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68P, RT-AC88U, RT-AC66U, RT-AC66U_B1, RT-AC58U,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Rt Ac5300 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Global buffer overflow in networkmap in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices and ASUS firmware for ASUS RT-AC5300, RT_AC1900P, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68P, RT-AC88U, RT-AC66U, RT-AC66U_B1, RT-AC58U,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Rt Ac5300 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

There is a heap based buffer over-read in lexer.hpp of LibSass 3.4.5. 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Exiv2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

There is a heap based buffer overflow in tools/tiff2pdf.c of LibTIFF 4.0.8 via a PlanarConfig=Contig image, which causes a more than one hundred bytes out-of-bounds write (related to the ZIPDecode. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Heap buffer overflow in the yr_object_array_set_item() function in object.c in YARA 3.x allows a denial-of-service attack by scanning a crafted .NET file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

soundlib/Load_psm.cpp in OpenMPT through 1.26.12.00 and libopenmpt before 0.2.8461-beta26 has a heap buffer overflow with the potential for arbitrary code execution via a crafted PSM File that. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow RCE Libopenmpt +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Junos OS CLI may allow a local authenticated user with read only privileges and access to Junos CLI, to execute code with root privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Linux drivers/char/lp.c Out-of-Bounds Write. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Creolabs Gravity version 1.0 is vulnerable to a stack overflow in the memcmp function. 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 Gravity
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Creolabs Gravity version 1.0 is vulnerable to a stack overflow in the string_repeat() function. 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 Gravity
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Creolabs Gravity version 1.0 is vulnerable to a heap overflow in an undisclosed component that can result in arbitrary code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Gravity
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

gtk-vnc 0.4.2 and older doesn't check framebuffer boundaries correctly when updating framebuffer which may lead to memory corruption when rendering. 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 Gtk Vnc
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way affected Microsoft scripting engine render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 14.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft scripting engine improperly accesses objects in memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 19.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the PDF parsing functionality of Infix 7.1.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Poppler
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

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

unrarlib.c in unrar-free 0.0.1, when _DEBUG_LOG mode is enabled, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Unrar Free
NVD GitHub
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 29.9%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 58% 4.7 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 58.3%.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Internet Explorer
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1703 Microsoft Edge allows a remote code execution vulnerability in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Microsoft. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 27.9%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine fails to render when handling objects in memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 22% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 22.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 22% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 22.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 22% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft browsers in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and R2, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 22.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine fails to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine fails to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 81% 5.4 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 81.2%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine fails to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when the JavaScript engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 20.5%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 48% 4.5 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when Internet Explorer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 48.4%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 28.2%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 31% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 31.3%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +6
NVD
EPSS 34% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 34.0%.

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

A vulnerability in Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) ingress packet processing for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the MSDP session to be. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Apple +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

In PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.x before 7.0.15, the PHAR archive handler could be used by attackers supplying malicious archive files to crash the PHP interpreter or potentially disclose information due. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow PHP Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The III_i_stereo function in libmpg123/layer3.c in mpg123 through 1.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file that is. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

The ole_init function in ole.c in catdoc 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Wonderware ArchestrA Logger, versions 2017.426.2307.1 and prior. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 19.7% and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Schneider Electric +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The mng_get_long function in coders/png.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted MNG image. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is 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 Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA Libnvparser component due to a memcpy into a fixed sized buffer with a user-controlled size could lead to a memory corruption and possible remote. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Nvidia +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA Video Driver due to an out-of-bounds read function in the Tegra Display Controller driver could result in possible information disclosure. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Nvidia Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in HOME SPOT CUBE2 firmware V101 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via WebUI. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Home Spot Cube 2 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 13% 4.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.8%.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Sqlite
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom wi-fi driver. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A remote code execution vulnerability in the Android system ui. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android media framework. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

A potential Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (from a BB Code handling issue) has been identified in TeamSpeak Server version 3.0.13.6 (08/11/2016 09:48:33), it enables the users to Crash any WINDOWS. 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 Microsoft Teamspeak Server +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in ttftool, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the readBlock() function in lib/ttf.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Swftools
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

In the X.Org X server before 2017-06-19, a user authenticated to an X Session could crash or execute code in the context of the X Server by exploiting a stack overflow in the endianness conversion of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow X Server
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

In SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, png2swf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to a "Read Access Violation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, png2swf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to a "Read Access Violation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, png2swf allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to a "User Mode Write AV near NULL starting. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, png2swf allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
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