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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 (36784)

EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and. 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.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 24% 4.2 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 24.0%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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 15.1%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow. 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 11.5%.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 50% 4.8 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. 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 50.2%.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 48% 4.7 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. 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 48.2%.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 48% 4.7 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. 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 48.2%.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 50% 4.8 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. 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 50.2%.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Memory Corruption RCE Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 30.0% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +5
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Word Viewer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 30.0% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 55% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 54.6% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +10
NVD
EPSS 48% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 48.4% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +6
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 30.0% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +6
NVD
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.8
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, and 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 24.4% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 17.9%.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 20.1%.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 18.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 20.4%.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow remote attackers to. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 18.1%.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH Act Now

The Microsoft (1) JScript 9, (2) VBScript, and (3) Chakra JavaScript engines, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11, Microsoft Edge, and other products, allow remote attackers to. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 20.4% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 15.9% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 12.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 12.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 12.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Epss exploitation probability 12.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 8.8
HIGH Act Now

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and 9 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.7 do not properly process inline DTD declarations when DTD is not entirely disabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of. 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.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Java +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in WECON LeviStudio allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Levistudio
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

The Client Intrusion Detection System (CIDS) driver before 15.0.6 in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and before 15.1.2 in Norton Security allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Client Intrusion Detection System
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in WECON LeviStudio allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Levistudiou
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.7
HIGH This Week

decoder/impeg2d_bitstream.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Google Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Multiple buffer overflows in libdex/OptInvocation.cpp in DexClassLoader in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allow attackers to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple buffer overflows in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Android
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in the create_pbuf function in btif/src/btif_hh.c in Bluetooth in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows remote attackers. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Google Buffer Overflow Android
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

decoder/ih264d_api.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

decoder/ih264d_process_intra_mb.c in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 mishandles intra mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

The H.264 decoder in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not initialize certain slice data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/GenericSource.cpp in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate certain track. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Integer overflow in codecs/on2/h264dec/source/h264bsd_storage.c in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

DRMExtractor.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain offset value, which allows. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

mpeg2ts/ATSParser.cpp in libstagefright in mediaserver in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not validate a certain section length, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

The MSM QDSP6 audio driver (aka sound driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Integer Overflow Denial Of Service Google +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (OS outage or buffer over-read) via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Qualcomm Google +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Multiple integer overflows in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Integer overflow in app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted block count and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Multiple integer overflows in lib/libfdt/fdt_rw.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Integer overflow in lib/heap/heap.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

app/aboot/aboot.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows attackers to bypass intended access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Multiple buffer overflows in the voice drivers in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

Integer overflow in drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/sensor/actuator/msm_actuator.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/char/diag/diag_debugfs.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Buffer overflow in drivers/video/fbcmap.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

The vid_dec_set_h264_mv_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

The vid_dec_set_meta_buffers function in drivers/video/msm/vidc/common/dec/vdec.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices does not validate the number. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Qualcomm Google Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 38% 4.2 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. 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 38.3%.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Apache +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.1
HIGH POC PATCH Act Now

The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Linux Buffer Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
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