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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 (36781)

EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Apple +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Apple +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the TCP throttling process of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers 3.0(0.234) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected. 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 Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

There is a stack-based buffer overflow on some Tenda routers (FH1202/F1202/F1200: versions before 1.2.0.20). Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tenda F1200 Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.0
HIGH This Week

There is a debug-interface vulnerability on some Tenda routers (FH1202/F1202/F1200: versions before 1.2.0.20). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tenda F1200 Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, as demonstrated by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial. 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 Denial Of Service Linux +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

A Stack Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH CODESYS Web Server. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Stack Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 45% 4.4 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

A Stack Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in VIPA Controls WinPLC7 5.0.45.5921 and prior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 45.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Stack Overflow +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In libytnef in ytnef through 1.9.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read due to incorrect boundary checking in the SIZECHECK macro in lib/ytnef.c. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Ytnef +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue, also known as DW201703-001, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libdwarf
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue, also known as DW201703-002, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libdwarf
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue, also known as DW201703-005, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libdwarf
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue, also known as DW201703-006, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Libdwarf
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libxml2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in dict.c. 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 Information Disclosure Libxml2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to 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.

Buffer Overflow Libxml2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

A buffer overflow was discovered in libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801. 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 Libxml2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The print_symbol_for_build_attribute function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and SEGV) via a crafted ELF file. 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 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to MIPS GOT mishandling in the. 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 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in. 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 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Stack buffer overflow in vshttpd (aka ioos) in HooToo Trip Mate 6 (TM6) firmware 2.000.030 and earlier allows remote unauthenticated attackers to control the program counter via a specially crafted. 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 Trip Mate 6 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Heap buffer overflow in vshttpd (aka ioos) in HooToo Trip Mate 6 (TM6) firmware 2.000.030 and earlier allows remote unauthenticated attackers to control the program counter via a specially crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Trip Mate 6 Firmware
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

A vulnerability in the Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) implementation in the Cisco CVR100W Wireless-N VPN Router could allow an unauthenticated, Layer 2-adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Cisco +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A boundary error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via e.g. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 Libraw
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to corrupt memory. 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 Libraw
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In TrustZone access control policy may potentially be bypassed in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel due to improper input validation an integer overflow vulnerability leading to a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 Google Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In TrustZone a buffer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel while loading an ELF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

In TrustZone an integer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Google Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In TrustZone an integer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Google Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In TrustZone a buffer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in a DRM routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

In TrustZone an integer overflow vulnerability leading to a buffer overflow could potentially occur in a DRM routine in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Google Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In TrustZone, an integer overflow vulnerability can potentially occur in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel due to an improper address range computation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Google Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel can potentially occur if an OEM performs an app region size customization due to a hard-coded value. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Google Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Buffer overflow in Larson VizEx Reader 9.7.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tif 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 Denial Of Service Vizex Reader
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Buffer overflow in Halliburton LogView Pro 10.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tif 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 Denial Of Service Logview Pro
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer. 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 Libraw Demosaic Pack Gpl2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Libraw Demosaic Pack Gpl2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 24% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Chakra Core in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 24.3%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 36% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Chakra Core in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 36.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

The zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing a voice SVC request which is nonstandard by specifying a payload size that will overflow its own declared size, an out of. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Week

In core_info_read and inst_info_read in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, variable "dbg_buf", "dbg_buf->curr" and "dbg_buf->filled_size" could be modified by different threads at. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Race Condition Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow RCE Qualcomm +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow RCE Google +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in codecs/aacenc/SoftAACEncoder2.cpp in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

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

A remote code execution vulnerability in FLACExtractor.cpp in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability in libavc in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability in libhevc in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability in libhevc in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability in id3/ID3.cpp in libstagefright in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability in libmpeg2 in Mediaserver could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to cause memory corruption during media file and data processing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is 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 RCE Google +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm ADSPRPC driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow RCE Qualcomm +3
NVD
EPSS 37% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Remote Code Execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 36.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 29% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2011 allows a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle 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 28.7%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 29% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2011 allows a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle 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 29.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 33% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Microsoft Word 2007, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Office for Mac 2011, Office for Mac 2016, Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, Word. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 32.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +7
NVD
EPSS 29% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 29.4%.

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

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft browsers in the way JavaScript scripting engines handle objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 21.4%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 56% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 55.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 27% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 27.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 56% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way that the Chakra JavaScript engine renders when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 55.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 24.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 24.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 38% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft browsers in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 38.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 29% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 29.4%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 24.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Internet Explorer
NVD
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way JavaScript engines render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 27.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +1
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EPSS 62% 5.1 CVSS 8.8
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A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 62.0%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Memory Corruption
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EPSS 17% CVSS 7.5
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A vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0227 and CVE-2017-0240. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 17.3%.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Edge
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
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The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
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EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
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A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC (V7.3 before Upd 11 and V7.4 before SP1), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional (V13 before SP2 and V14 before SP1), SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Siemens +3
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EPSS 23% 4.2 CVSS 9.8
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Integer signedness error in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPc v1.4.20101221 through v2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 23.5%.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Miniupnpd
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EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
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Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Mozilla +2
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EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
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SAP SAPCAR 721.510 has a Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. 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 SAP Sapcar
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EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
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The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
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wolfSSL before 3.10.2 has an out-of-bounds memory access with loading crafted DH parameters, aka a buffer overflow triggered by a malformed temporary DH file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Wolfssl
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
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All versions of VAMPSET software produced by Schneider Electric, prior to V2.2.189, are susceptible to a memory corruption vulnerability when a corrupted vf2 file is used. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Schneider Electric +1
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EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
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Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Graphics class. 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 +6
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EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
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Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability when handling multiple mask properties of display objects, aka memory corruption. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Buffer Overflow +8
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EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
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Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the BitmapData class. 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 +6
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EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the ConvolutionFilter class. 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 +6
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EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the BlendMode class. 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 +6
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EPSS 68% 5.3 CVSS 8.8
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Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Advanced Video Coding engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 68.5%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Adobe +6
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EPSS 88% 5.7 CVSS 7.8
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The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 87.8%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Microsoft +3
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