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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 (36782)

EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The TFTP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-tftp.c:tftp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The BOOTP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-bootp.c:bootp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The TCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-tcp.c:tcp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The IP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ip.c, multiple functions. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The AppleTalk parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atalk.c, multiple functions. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The STP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-stp.c, multiple functions. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The GRE parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-gre.c, multiple functions. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The ZeroMQ parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has an integer overflow in print-zeromq.c:zmtp1_print_frame(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The VAT parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-udp.c:vat_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The UDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-udp.c:udp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The RTP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-udp.c:rtp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The RTCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-udp.c:rtcp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The PPP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ppp.c:ppp_hdlc_if_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The PIM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-pim.c:pimv2_check_checksum(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The MPLS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-mpls.c:mpls_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The LLC/SNAP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-llc.c:llc_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The Juniper PPPoE ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-juniper.c:juniper_parse_header(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Juniper Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The IPComp parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ipcomp.c:ipcomp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-802_11.c:ieee802_11_radio_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The Ethernet parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ether.c:ethertype_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The compressed SLIP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-sl.c:sl_if_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atm.c:oam_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The ARP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-arp.c:arp_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The AH parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ah.c:ah_print(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tcpdump
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libarchive
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Palo Alto Networks Terminal Services Agent before 7.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write operation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Paloalto +1
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 17% 4.0 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. 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 16.6%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. 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 16.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. 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 16.1%.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Denial Of Service Imagemagick
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function. 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 VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The parser_get_next_char function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) by crafting a string to the icalparser_parse_string function. 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 VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted ics file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

The t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG file with 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 +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Buffer overflow vulnerability while processing QMI QOS TLVs. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Google Android
NVD VulDB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the querying functionality of Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3. 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 14.8%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption RCE +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the querying functionality of Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3. 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 14.8%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption RCE +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.2
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the client message-parsing functionality of Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), 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 VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in Libbpg library. 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 RCE +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The dynamicGetbuf function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Wireshark
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple buffer overflows in the Autodesk FBX-SDK before 2017.1 can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code when reading or converting malformed 3DS format files. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Fbx Software Development Kit
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple buffer overflows in the Autodesk FBX-SDK before 2017.1 can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code when reading or converting malformed DAE format files. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Fbx Software Development Kit
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Multiple buffer overflows in the Autodesk FBX-SDK before 2017.1 can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code when reading or converting malformed DFX format files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Fbx Software Development Kit
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple buffer overflows in the Autodesk FBX-SDK before 2017.1 can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause an infinite loop condition when reading or converting malformed FBX format files. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The object_common1 function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.30, 7.0.x before 7.0.15, and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 14.2%.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service PHP +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Off-by-one error in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.6.30 and 7.0.x before 7.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +3
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

All versions of Quagga, 0.93 through 1.1.0, are vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation in the telnet 'vty' CLI, leading to a Denial-of-Service of Quagga daemons, or even the entire host. 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 Quagga
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the image conversion module related to. 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 Adobe +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability in the JPEG decoder routine. 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 Adobe +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability in the XSLT engine related to template. 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 Adobe +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the ROM mappings of the NSF decoder in GStreamer 0.10.x allows remote attackers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access through crafted NSF music files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. The vulnerability affects all GStreamer 0.10.x versions and requires user interaction to open a malicious NSF file. With an EPSS score of 0.48% (65th percentile) and proof-of-concept exploit code publicly available, this represents a moderate real-world risk for systems processing untrusted media files.

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

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the vmnc decoder component of GStreamer that allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and crash the application. GStreamer version 1.10.0 is confirmed affected, with exploitation requiring no authentication or user interaction over the network. A public proof-of-concept exploit exists (published on Scary Beasts Security blog), and EPSS indicates a 2.41% probability of exploitation in the wild (85th percentile), making this a moderate real-world risk.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow
NVD VulDB
EPSS 11% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Buffer overflow in the SLPFoldWhiteSpace function in common/slp_compare.c in OpenSLP 2.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted string. 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 10.8%.

Buffer Overflow Openslp
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

The _dwarf_read_loc_section function in dwarf_loc.c in libdwarf 20160613 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted 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.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving tile. 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 Ffmpeg
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Integer overflow in the mov_build_index function in libavformat/mov.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.3 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Ffmpeg
NVD VulDB
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Pecl Http
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 8% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Buffer overflow in the collector.exe listener of the Landesk Management Suite 10.0.0.271 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Denial Of Service +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Integer underflow in header.c in lha allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large header size value for the (1) level0 or (2) level1 header in a lha archive, which triggers a buffer. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow Lha For Unix
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Chess
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Information Disclosure +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

The ConvertToPDF plugin in Foxit Reader before 8.2 and PhantomPDF before 8.2 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Microsoft +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), 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 Apple +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

The DumpModeDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via a crafted tiff image. 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 Opensuse +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_packbits.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted bmp file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Libtiff
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Libtiff
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service. 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 Libtiff +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Out-of-bounds read in the PixarLogCleanup function in tif_pixarlog.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted TIFF image to the rgb2ycbcr. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Libtiff +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption or DoS via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Microsoft Buffer Overflow +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Heap buffer overflow during TIFF image parsing in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially. 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 Microsoft +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Bad casting in bitmap manipulation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap. 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 Microsoft +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly applied type rules, which allowed a remote. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Google +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An off by one error resulting in an allocation of zero size in FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Google +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 78% 7.1 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.90 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, and 54.0.2840.87 for Windows and Mac included incorrect optimisation assumptions, which allowed a remote attacker to. 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 public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Google Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a function pointer. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Citrix +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Buffer overflow in Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow RCE Citrix +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 10% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Unzip
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to incomplete escape sequences. 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 VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WPG format reader in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a colormap with a large number of entries. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Graphicsmagick
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Fp_toString function in jsfunction.c in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted input. 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 Mujs
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

The chartorune function in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a * (asterisk) at the end of the input. 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 VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The SGI coder in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large row value in an sgi file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

Integer overflow in the BMP coder in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted height and width values, which triggers an out-of-bounds. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Integer Overflow Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP. 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 14.4%.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Hexchat
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 4% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the list_files function in list.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the compression method. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Unzip
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The gst_mpegts_section_new function in the mpegts decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a too small section. 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 VulDB
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