Buffer Overflow
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
strncpyinstead ofstrcpy - Fuzzing and static analysis — automated testing to discover overflows before deployment
Recent CVEs (36785)
Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 31.3% and no vendor patch available.
The Microsoft (1) VBScript and (2) JScript engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.
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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Browser. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 31.8% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 32.6% and no vendor patch available.
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, Excel Viewer, and Excel Services on. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 43.5% and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 28.1% and no vendor patch available.
SAP HANA DB 1.00.73.00.389160 (NewDB100_REL) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and indexserver crash) via unspecified vectors to the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
LibreOffice before 4.4.6 and 5.x before 5.0.1 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 35.6% and no vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.
Integer underflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2, when the configuration setting "Load printer settings with the document" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 49.6% and no vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in Google Picasa 3.9.140 Build 239 and Build 248 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "phase one 0x412 tag," which triggers a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 17.1% and no vendor patch available.
Multiple integer overflows in the NDEF record parser in hostapd before 2.5 and wpa_supplicant before 2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or infinite loop) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 31.3% and no vendor patch available.
The (1) AddWeightedPathSegLists and (2) SVGPathSegListSMILType::Interpolate functions in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 lack status checking, which allows remote. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the rx::TextureStorage11 class in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer underflow in libjar in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Race condition in the JPEGEncoder function in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in the PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE implementation in Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 11.0%.
The sec_asn1d_parse_leaf function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.16 and 11.x before 11.0.13, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30094, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.009.20069. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
mediaserver in Android 4.4 and 5.1 before 5.1.1 LMY48X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file, aka internal bug. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
mediaserver in Android 4.4 through 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
libstagefright in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application, aka internal. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
libutils in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted audio file, aka. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
mediaserver in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY48X and 6.0 before 2015-11-01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in PolarSSL 1.x before 1.2.17 and ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (client. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (VEV) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) U3D, (2) LWO, (3) JPEG2000, or (4) FBX file, aka "Out-Of-Bounds Indexing" vulnerabilities. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (VEV) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Filmbox document, which triggers memory corruption. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Multiple buffer overflows in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (VEV) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) 3DM or (2) Flic Animation file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Race condition in the relinquish_memory function in arch/arm/domain.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local domains with partial management control to cause a denial of service (host crash) via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). No vendor patch available.
The AddUserFinding implementation in Medicomp MEDCIN Engine 2.22.20153.x before 2.22.20153.226 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (integer truncation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 18.7% and no vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in IBM Domino 8.5.1 through 8.5.3 before 8.5.3 FP6 IF10 and 9.x before 9.0.1 FP4 IF3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (SMTP daemon crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Buffer overflow in IBM Domino 8.5.1 through 8.5.3 before 8.5.3 FP6 IF10 and 9.x before 9.0.1 FP4 IF3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (SMTP daemon crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Medicomp MEDCIN Engine 2.22.20142.166 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet on port 8190, related to (1) the GetProperty. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 23.3% and no vendor patch available.
The AddUserFinding add_userfinding2 function in Medicomp MEDCIN Engine before 2.22.20153.226 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 18.3% and no vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the QualifierList retrieve_qualifier_list function in Medicomp MEDCIN Engine before 2.22.20153.226 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long list. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Medicomp MEDCIN Engine before 2.22.20153.226 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet on port 8190, related to (1) the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 23.3% and no vendor patch available.
Adobe Shockwave Player before 12.2.1.171 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.9%.
Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 devices before B FRN 15.000 and 1400 devices before B FRN 15.003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and device crash) via a crafted. 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.
Stack-based buffer overflow on Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 devices before B FRN 15.000 and 1400 devices through B FRN 15.003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
The index server (hdbindexserver) in SAP HANA 1.00.095 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an HTTP request, aka SAP Security Note. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 27.3%.
The Web Console in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.4.4 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.
The Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) component in the CDMA implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 19.0.M0.60737 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hamgr process restart). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in the pixops_scale_nearest function in pixops/pixops.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
io-tga.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.0 uses heap memory after its allocation failed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IniNet embeddedWebServer (aka eWebServer) before 2.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long field in an HTTP request. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption) via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS client library in configd in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and watchOS before 2.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted app. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, Safari before 9.0.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.
WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 9.0.1 and iTunes before 12.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, Safari before 9.0.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.
WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 9.0.1 and iTunes before 12.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 9.1, Safari before 9.0.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.