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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 (36785)

EPSS 5% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), 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.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 13.9%.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 20.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 21.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 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 21.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 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 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 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 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 23% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 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 22.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 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 20.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 21% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 20.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 38% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Emergency

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.". Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 37.5% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 37% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Emergency

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Office 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 36.7% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +9
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 1.9
LOW PATCH Monitor

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow local users to cause a. Rated low severity (CVSS 1.9). This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Microsoft +8
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 18.5% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 49% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 49.3%.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Opensuse +2
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qgifhandler.cpp in the QtBase module in Qt before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Multiple buffer overflows in plugins/imageformats/ico/qicohandler.cpp in the QtBase module in Qt before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp in the QtBase module in Qt before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setup_reply function, which allows remote attackers to read process memory and cause a denial of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Dnsmasq +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.2.6, 7.x before 7.1.6, and 8.x before 8.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Foxit Reader, Enterprise Reader, and PhantomPDF before 7.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via vectors related to digital signatures. 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.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Enterprise Reader +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

Foxit Reader, Enterprise Reader, and PhantomPDF before 7.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted GIF in a PDF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Enterprise Reader +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 9% CVSS 5.8
MEDIUM This Month

Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

The HWP filter in LibreOffice before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The sqlite3VXPrintf function in printf.c in SQLite before 3.8.9 does not properly handle precision and width values during floating-point conversions, which allows context-dependent attackers to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Integer Overflow Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the rc_mksid function in plugins/radius/util.c in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) 2.4.6 and earlier, when the PID for pppd is greater than 65535, allows remote attackers to cause a denial. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Ubuntu Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 64% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

The sanitize_cookie_path function in cURL and libcurl 7.31.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 63.7% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Fedora +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.0
CRITICAL Act Now

The fix_hostname function in cURL and libcurl 7.37.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Mysql Enterprise Monitor +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in HttpUtils.dll in TVMOBiLi before 2.1.0.3974 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (tvMobiliService service crash) via a long string in a (1) GET. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Tvmobili
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Google Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in browser/ui/views/location_bar/open_pdf_in_reader_view.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 might allow user-assisted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Google Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

gpu/blink/webgraphicscontext3d_impl.cc in the WebGL implementation in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WebGL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Google Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in an unspecified function in nsr_render_log in EMC NetWorker before 8.0.4.3, 8.1.x before 8.1.2.6, and 8.2.x before 8.2.1.2 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Networker
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Heap-based buffer overflow in chrony before 1.31.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (chronyd crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by configuring the (1) NTP or (2). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

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

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) MakeBigReq and (2) SetReqLen macros in include/X11/Xlibint.h in X11R6.x and libX11 before 1.6.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Libx11 Ubuntu Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in the FastBackMount process in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 before 6.1.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

IBM Buffer Overflow Tivoli Storage Manager Fastback
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in the FastBackMount process in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 before 6.1.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

IBM Buffer Overflow Tivoli Storage Manager Fastback
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in Lhaplus before 1.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Lhaplus
NVD
EPSS 87% 7.6 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), 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 Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +3
NVD Exploit-DB GitHub VulDB
EPSS 52% 5.1 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 51.9%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +9
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +10
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 19.6% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 29.5% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 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 29.5% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 19.6% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 29.5% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 29.5% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

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 19.6% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 27% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL 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 critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 27.4% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 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 19.6% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 94% 7.9 CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft Word 2007 through 2013 and SharePoint components contain a memory corruption vulnerability in RTF processing that allows remote code execution, heavily exploited by multiple APT groups throughout 2015-2017.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft RCE +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in das_watchdog 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a large string in the XAUTHORITY environment variable. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Das Watchdog
NVD GitHub
EPSS 8% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ib_fill_isqlda function in dbdimp.c in DBD-Firebird before 1.19 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors that trigger an. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Debian Linux Dbd Firebird
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Opensuse Less
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_der_decoding in libtasn1 before 4.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Ubuntu Linux Debian Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in the UniformTypeIdentifiers component in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Uniform Type Identifier. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apple Buffer Overflow Mac Os X
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apple Buffer Overflow Mac Os X
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM POC This Month

ImageIO in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .sgi file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple TV before 7.2, and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3 and Apple TV before 7.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple TV before 7.2, and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple TV before 7.2, and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple TV before 7.2, and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple TV before 7.2, and Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

libnetcore in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9). No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple RCE +4
NVD
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