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 (41271)
Local code execution in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation lets an attacker run arbitrary code in the context of the victim after luring them to open a maliciously crafted media file. The flaw (CVE-2026-58610, CWE-122 heap-based buffer overflow) affects a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2016 through 2025. CVSS is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not on CISA KEV.
Local code execution in the Microsoft Graphics Component affects a broad range of supported Windows client and server releases (Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2012 through Server 2025). An attacker who convinces a user to open a specially crafted file or content triggers an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) that Microsoft rates as enabling code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; exploitation requires local access plus user interaction, making it a standard patch-cycle priority rather than an emergency.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Miniport Driver lets an authenticated low-privileged user corrupt kernel heap memory and gain SYSTEM-level control. The flaw (CWE-122 heap-based buffer overflow, CVSS 7.8) affects a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds and was reported by Microsoft. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Information disclosure in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) stack across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 R2 through 2025 lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker read memory beyond intended bounds and leak sensitive data over the network. Microsoft has published a patch and CVSS 3.1 rates it 7.5 (high) for the confidentiality-only impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA's SSVC framework marks exploitation as 'none' with only partial technical impact, so this is a patch-on-schedule issue rather than an emergency.
Local code execution in Microsoft Excel (and the broader Office family through Microsoft 365 Apps, Office 2019/2021/2024 LTSC, Office for Mac, and Office Online Server) arises from a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) triggered when a user opens a maliciously crafted spreadsheet. An attacker who convinces a victim to open the file runs arbitrary code in the security context of the current user, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has released a patch.
Local code execution in Microsoft Excel (including Microsoft 365 Apps, Office 2016/2019, Office LTSC 2021/2024, and Office for Mac) arises from a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) triggered when a victim opens a maliciously crafted spreadsheet, letting an attacker run arbitrary code in the user's context. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting that exploitation needs user interaction but no prior privileges once the file is opened. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has released a patch.
Local code execution in Microsoft Defender (Microsoft Malware Protection Engine) allows an unauthorized attacker to run arbitrary code by having a maliciously crafted file processed by the scanning engine. The flaw stems from an integer overflow (CWE-190) that corrupts memory during scanning, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Remote code execution in Microsoft Exchange Server (2016 CU23, 2019 CU14/CU15, and Subscription Edition RTM) lets an authenticated attacker corrupt heap memory to run arbitrary code across the network. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) shows low-privilege network exploitation with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and Microsoft has released a patch. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local code execution in Microsoft Windows GDI+ (the graphics rendering component) via a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122), affecting a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2012 through Server 2025. Per the supplied CVSS vector (PR:N), an unauthorized attacker who gets the vulnerable component to process crafted graphics data can achieve high-impact code execution (C:H/I:H/A:H) on the local system. Microsoft has published a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation to code execution in the Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) driver affects a broad range of Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2016 through 2025 releases, where an integer overflow (CWE-190) in filesystem processing lets an already-authenticated local user run arbitrary code in an elevated context. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/PR:L) confirms low-privileged local access is required rather than remote exploitation, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Microsoft has released a patch via MSRC.
Local privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) Queue Manager component lets an authenticated local attacker corrupt heap memory and execute arbitrary code, gaining total control (SYSTEM-level) of the affected host. It impacts a broad range of Windows client and server builds from Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 25H2/26H1 and Windows Server 2025. Microsoft has released patches; publicly available exploit code exists, though SSVC lists exploitation status as none and EPSS probability is low (0.39%).
Local code execution in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation lets an unauthorized attacker run arbitrary code by luring a user into opening a specially crafted media file. The flaw affects a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds (from 1809 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025), and Microsoft has released patches. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity and full C/I/A impact make it a standard Patch-Tuesday priority.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Win32K (the kernel-mode GUI subsystem) lets an already-authenticated low-privilege user corrupt kernel heap memory via a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) to gain SYSTEM-level control. The flaw affects a broad range of client and server builds (Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2016 through 2025). Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Remote code execution in the Windows Remote Desktop Client (RDP client on Windows 11 24H2/25H2/26H1 and Windows Server 2025) allows an unauthorized attacker to run arbitrary code by coercing a victim into connecting to a malicious or attacker-controlled RDP server, which returns crafted data that overflows a heap buffer. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available, it carries CVSS 8.8 and requires user interaction (initiating the connection). EPSS is modest (0.67%, 48th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though SSVC rates it automatable with total technical impact.
Network denial of service in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol implementation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash affected systems by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow. All impact is to availability only (CVSS 7.5, A:H, no confidentiality or integrity loss), making this a reliability/uptime threat against IPsec/VPN-facing Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server hosts rather than a code-execution vulnerability. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the low attack complexity and lack of authentication make it a meaningful patching priority for internet-exposed IPsec endpoints.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Overlay Filter (WOF) driver allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122). The flaw spans a broad range of client and server SKUs from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 through Server 2025. Microsoft has shipped a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the service by triggering a stack-based buffer overflow over the network (CVSS 7.5, availability-only impact). Because AD FS brokers single sign-on and federated authentication, a successful attack can knock out login for every downstream application that relies on it. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the service by triggering a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) over the network. The flaw affects AD FS as shipped across a broad range of Windows client and server builds (Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2012 through 2025). Microsoft - the reporting party - has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.
Remote code execution in the Microsoft Windows FTP Service allows an unauthenticated network attacker to run arbitrary code by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122). The flaw affects the FTP service across a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server (2019/2022/2025) builds and carries a critical CVSS 9.8 rating with no authentication or user interaction required. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the unauthenticated, network-reachable nature of the bug makes it a high-priority patch target.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows DNS lets an already-authenticated, low-privileged attacker corrupt heap memory to gain higher (likely SYSTEM) privileges on affected Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2022/2025 systems. The flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) reported by Microsoft itself, with a vendor patch available via MSRC. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, so it currently represents a patch-priority rather than an emergency.
Remote code execution in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) allows an unauthenticated network attacker to corrupt heap memory and run arbitrary code on affected domain controllers. The flaw (CVE-2026-49164, CVSS 8.1) spans a broad range of Windows client and server builds from Windows 10 1607 and Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025, with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the high attack complexity (AC:H) tempers the practical exploitation likelihood.
Remote code execution in the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server (shipped across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025) stems from a heap-based buffer overflow that lets an attacker run arbitrary code over the network. The supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) scores it 9.8 and marks it unauthenticated, though as a database driver flaw the realistic trigger is a client connecting to a malicious or compromised SQL Server endpoint. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing, so this is a high-severity but not yet actively-exploited issue.
Remote code execution in the Microsoft Windows Bluetooth Port Driver (bthport) allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code by triggering a heap-based buffer overflow over Bluetooth radio range. The flaw spans a wide range of Windows client and server builds, from Windows 10 1607 and Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is modest at 0.38% (30th percentile), and CISA SSVC currently marks exploitation as 'none', but the CVSS 8.8 rating and 'total' technical impact make this a high-priority patch.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Totolink NR1800X router (firmware 9.1.0u.6279_B20210910) lets remote attackers corrupt memory by supplying an oversized HTTP Host header to the Form_Logout handler at /formLogout.htm, served by the embedded lighttpd web interface. Because the flaw is reachable over the network without authentication and publicly available exploit code exists, it is a strong candidate for opportunistic exploitation despite not yet appearing in CISA KEV. Successful exploitation can crash the device or, given the CWE-121 stack overwrite, potentially achieve code execution on the router.
Out-of-bounds memory disclosure in Python Pillow before 12.3.0 lets an attacker who supplies a crafted McIdas AREA image file read adjacent process memory or crash the host application. When such a file is opened from a filename, header words control the raw-codec mmap row stride; setting it below the true row width causes later pixel operations (tobytes, getpixel, convert, save) to read past the mapped region. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not in CISA KEV, but the upstream fix, PR, and a regression test are public, making the flaw well documented.
Heap out-of-bounds write in Python Pillow prior to 12.3.0 lets an attacker who controls the rank-filter size parameter corrupt native heap memory and crash or potentially manipulate the process. ImageFilter.RankFilter.filter() calls image.expand(size // 2, size // 2) before validating the filter size, and the native ImagingExpand() routine computes output dimensions using unchecked signed-int arithmetic, so a very large odd size overflows and drives an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787). No public exploit is identified at time of analysis; the flaw is fixed in Pillow 12.3.0.
Out-of-bounds heap read in Python Pillow's TGA RLE encoder (versions 5.2.0 through 12.2.x) lets adjacent process heap bytes leak into a generated TGA file when an application saves a mode '1' (1-bit) image using compression='tga_rle'. The flaw is an information-disclosure bug (CWE-125), fixed in 12.3.0, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The NVD CVSS of 7.5 (network vector) overstates practical reach because triggering the leak depends on the host application invoking this specific and unusual save path.
Denial-of-service and controlled heap corruption in Python's Pillow imaging library (all versions prior to 12.3.0) occurs when ImageCms.ImageCmsTransform.apply() is invoked with an output image whose mode does not match the transform's declared output mode, causing an out-of-bounds write in the native color-management code. The pre-fix code only validated the output mode and never validated the input mode, so a mismatched buffer geometry lets the C-level transform write past allocation bounds. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; the fix is confirmed in release 12.3.0 via the vendor security advisory GHSA-9hw9-ch79-4vh6.
Denial of service (and potential memory corruption) in Python Pillow before 12.3.0 arises when public image coordinate APIs - Image.paste(), Image.crop(), and Image.alpha_composite() - are handed box coordinates near the signed 32-bit integer boundary (±2**31), causing a native heap out-of-bounds write in the C imaging core. Any application that forwards untrusted coordinate values into these calls can be crashed, and the OOB write raises the theoretical prospect of heap corruption. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the fix (integer-overflow-safe int64_t arithmetic) shipped in 12.3.0.
Out-of-bounds read in the Perl DBI (Database Independent Interface) module before version 1.651 lets a caller trigger a negative-array-index read inside the internal row-buffer helper (_set_fbav in DBI.xs), potentially disclosing adjacent process memory or crashing the interpreter. The flaw arises when a statement handle declares zero fields but is fed a non-empty source row, an inconsistency the module failed to reject before returning results. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not on CISA KEV; the assigned CVSS of 9.1 reflects high confidentiality and availability impact under a network vector, but realistic exploitation depends on a caller (typically a DBD driver or database backend) supplying mismatched metadata and rows.
Out-of-bounds read in the Zephyr RTOS LwM2M firmware-update pull client (lwm2m_pull_context.c) lets a malicious or compromised LwM2M management server - or an on-path attacker on a session without strong DTLS - leak adjacent device memory and crash devices by writing an over-long firmware Package URI (/5/0/1). Because the Firmware-Update object stores the URI in a 255-byte buffer but the pull context copies exactly 128 bytes into a fixed buffer with no NUL terminator, subsequent strlen-based parsing over-reads static memory that is then appended to outbound CoAP requests. It affects Zephyr 3.0.0 through 4.4.0 on the default-on CONFIG_LWM2M_FIRMWARE_UPDATE_PULL_SUPPORT path; there is no CISA KEV listing, EPSS is low (0.28%), and per the SSVC framework a proof-of-concept exists.
Local privilege escalation and kernel memory corruption in Zephyr RTOS on Xtensa SoCs (v3.7.0 through v4.4.0) built with CONFIG_XTENSA_MPU and CONFIG_USERSPACE, where arch_buffer_validate() fails open on an integer-overflow edge case, letting an unprivileged user thread trick the kernel into reading or writing arbitrary kernel/partition memory on its behalf. The flaw stems from a default-permit return value combined with a ROUND_UP address-space wrap that skips the MPU probe loop entirely, and it is not caught by the existing syscall-layer overflow guards. Vendor patch is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and this is not in CISA KEV.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro router (firmware 16.03.66.23) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory via the fromVirtualSer handler for the /goform/VirtualSer endpoint by supplying an oversized 'page' argument. The flaw carries CVSS 4.0 7.4 and, per its vector, requires low-level privileges (PR:L); publicly available exploit code exists, though there is no public exploit identified as actively used in the wild (not in CISA KEV). Successful exploitation can crash the device or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution on the embedded MIPS/ARM firmware.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro Wi-Fi router (firmware 16.03.66.23) lets an attacker corrupt the stack by supplying an oversized 'page' argument to the /goform/DhcpListClient web endpoint handled by the fromDhcpListClient function. The flaw is reachable over the network and publicly available exploit code exists (disclosed via VulDB), though it is not listed in CISA KEV and no EPSS score was provided. Per the supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (PR:L) the attack requires low-level authentication to the device, and successful exploitation can crash the router or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro router (firmware 16.03.66.23) lets attackers corrupt memory by manipulating the 'page' argument passed to the fromSetIpBind function of the /goform/SetIpBind endpoint. The flaw is remotely reachable over the network and, per the CVSS 4.0 vector, requires low-level privileges (PR:L) while yielding high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - typically resulting in device crash or arbitrary code execution on the router. Publicly available exploit code exists (E:P), disclosed via VulDB, though it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the siman.exe (Siman) simulation-language component, which mishandles user-supplied data when parsing a model file. An attacker who convinces a user to open a crafted Arena file can run code in the context of that user's process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so risk is currently theoretical rather than actively exploited.
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the linker.exe (Siman) component, which fails to properly validate user-supplied data parsed from simulation model files. A local attacker who convinces a user to open a specially crafted Arena file can corrupt memory and run code in the context of the current user. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, the issue is not in CISA KEV, and no EPSS score was provided, so real-world exploitation appears theoretical rather than observed.
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the expmt.exe (Siman) component, which fails to validate user-supplied data when parsing model/experiment files. A local attacker who convinces an engineer to open a malicious Arena file can run code in the context of the current user. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; it was self-reported by Rockwell's PSIRT (advisory SD1784).
Arbitrary code execution in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation is possible through an out-of-bounds write in the model.exe (Siman) component when a victim opens a maliciously crafted simulation model file. The flaw lets an attacker run code in the context of the current user by tricking an operator or engineer into opening a booby-trapped file, making it a client-side, file-delivery RCE rather than a remotely reachable network service bug. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no EPSS or CISA KEV data was provided, so real-world exploitation appears limited to social-engineering-driven targeting.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro Wi-Fi router (firmware 16.03.66.23) lets remote attackers corrupt memory by manipulating the 'page' argument of the fromSafeMacFilter handler at /goform/SafeMacFilter. Publicly available exploit code exists, though there is no public exploit identified as being used in active campaigns and it is not listed in CISA KEV. Successful exploitation can crash the device or potentially achieve code execution on the router's embedded OS. EPSS data was not provided.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro router firmware 16.03.66.23 lets an authenticated remote attacker corrupt memory via the fromSafeUrlFilter handler at /goform/SafeUrlFilter by supplying an oversized 'page' parameter. Publicly available exploit code exists (published via VulDB), though the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV and no active exploitation has been confirmed. The CVSS 4.0 vector (7.4, PR:L) indicates network reachability with low-privilege authentication and high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda BE12 Pro (firmware 16.03.66.23) web management interface lets an attacker corrupt memory by supplying an oversized 'page' argument to the fromSafeClientFilter handler at /goform/SafeClientFilter, potentially crashing the device or executing arbitrary code with router privileges. Per the CVSS 4.0 vector the flaw is network-reachable but requires low-level privileges (PR:L). Publicly available exploit code exists (disclosed via VulDB), but there is no public exploit identified as being used in active attacks and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Memory corruption in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP lets an authenticated attacker exploit logical flaws in memory management (an out-of-bounds write) to read or alter data and crash the system, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. SAP rates it CVSS 9.9 with a changed scope, meaning a low-privileged user can affect components beyond their own authorization boundary. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity and network reachability make it a high-priority patch for any exposed ABAP stack.
Denial of service in aMule 2.3.3 lets a remote eD2k server crash the client by sending a malformed OP_SERVERMESSAGE packet that overflows a stack buffer (CWE-121). The flaw is triggered client-side when parsing server-supplied message data, so any hostile or spoofed server the client connects to can terminate the application. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is documented only as an upstream bug report (amule GitHub issue #445), not a released patch.
Heap out-of-bounds read in the Crypt::OpenSSL::X509 Perl module (versions before 2.1.3) lets a crafted X.509 certificate leak adjacent heap memory to an application that enumerates certificate extensions. When code calls extensions(), extensions_by_long_name(), extensions_by_oid(), or has_extension_oid(), a certificate extension whose textual OID exceeds the fixed 129-byte buffer causes the returned hash key to include bytes read past the allocation, exposing process memory and risking a crash. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not in CISA KEV, but the fix is confirmed in release 2.1.3 and the flaw is trivially triggerable by any attacker who can supply a certificate.
Silently incorrect regular-expression matching in the Perl interpreter (all versions through 5.43.9) lets an oversized alternation of more than 65,535 fixed-string branches overflow a 16-bit delta field when the branches are optimized into a trie, truncating the match-decision table. The result is both false-positive and false-negative matches, so any Perl program that uses such a pattern to gate access or filter input can make wrong security decisions. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the fixing commit ships a deterministic reproducer test, and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds heap read in the Perl interpreter (through version 5.43.10) lets an attacker who controls a pack or unpack template disclose adjacent heap memory back to the calling program. An unchecked integer overflow in S_measure_struct wraps the running size total negative, defeating the signed-length guards on the @, X, and x position codes and walking the buffer pointer outside its bounds. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis; the flaw was reported by CPANSec with vendor patches already committed upstream.
Stack-based buffer overflow in Shibby Tomato router firmware (versions up to and including 1.28.0000) allows a remote, low-privileged attacker to corrupt the stack of the embedded web server (/usr/sbin/httpd) via the DNS List Rendering function sub_407220, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution on the router. The flaw is remotely reachable and, per the CVSS 4.0 vector, requires low-level authentication (PR:L) to the web administration interface. VulDB assigns an exploit maturity of Proof-of-Concept, meaning publicly available exploit code exists, though it is not listed in CISA KEV and no active exploitation is confirmed. Notably, the Tomato project by Shibby is discontinued and superseded by FreshTomato, so no first-party fix is expected.
Out-of-bounds write in the Shibby Tomato router firmware (versions up to and including 1.28.0000) lets authenticated remote users corrupt memory through the apcupsd web component. The flaw sits in the main() function of www/apcupsd/tomatodata.cgi, where crafted input reaches an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) that can crash the CGI or potentially execute code on the router. Publicly available exploit code exists (via VulDB/Gitee), but there is no confirmed active exploitation; note that this project has been superseded by FreshTomato and is effectively end-of-life.
Remote authenticated command execution is possible in Shibby Tomato router firmware through version 1.28.0000, where the getupsvar function in the apcupsd CGI handler (www/apcupsd/tomatodata.cgi) fails to bound the Field argument, producing a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121). A logged-in user can send a crafted request to corrupt the stack and hijack control flow with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the device. Publicly available exploit code exists (VulDB), though there is no evidence of active exploitation; the CVSS 4.0 score is 8.7 with an E:P (proof-of-concept) exploit-maturity flag.
Buffer overflow in the Tenda CH22 router (firmware 1.0.0.1) allows a remote, authenticated attacker to corrupt memory by supplying an overlong 'Name' argument to the formCertListInfo function in the /goform/CertListInfo endpoint. The flaw was disclosed by VulDB with publicly available exploit code, and the CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 reflects high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit identified in CISA KEV, so this is a proof-of-concept-stage issue rather than confirmed in-the-wild abuse.
Local privilege escalation to SYSTEM in WinFsp (Windows File System Proxy) stems from an integer overflow (CWE-190) that a low-privileged local user can trigger to achieve system-level access on the host. The flaw crosses a privilege boundary (CVSS scope change) and is fixed in release v2.2B2. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, so exploitation is theoretical but the SYSTEM-level impact makes it a meaningful local escalation risk.
Remote memory corruption in the OpENer EtherNet/IP stack (2.3.0 master branch up to commit 76b95cf) stems from an integer underflow while parsing connected explicit messages via the SendUnitData encapsulation command, allowing network attackers to corrupt memory on the target device. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 (AV:N/PR:N) indicates unauthenticated remote exploitation with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. A public gist by researcher MrAlaskan and a filed GitHub issue accompany the disclosure, so publicly available exploit code exists, though EPSS is low (0.15%, 5th percentile) and it is not on the CISA KEV list.
Stack buffer overflow in the OpENer EtherNet/IP stack (version 2.3.0, commit 76b95cf) lets remote attackers corrupt memory by sending a crafted CIP network packet whose length field is truncated into a negative value, bypassing bounds checks in DecodePaddedEPath. The CVSS vector (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) indicates unauthenticated remote reachability with high confidentiality and availability impact; no public exploit is identified at time of analysis (not in CISA KEV), though a referenced gist and GitHub issue suggest researcher analysis and possible proof-of-concept material exist. As an OT/ICS protocol stack, exploitation would most plausibly cause denial of service or memory disclosure on embedded industrial devices.
Out-of-bounds read in the EIPStackGroup OpENer EtherNet/IP stack (version 2.3.0, commit 76b95cf) lets a remote unauthenticated attacker send a crafted ENIP frame carrying a malformed CIP ForwardOpen/LargeForwardOpen request that drives the Connection Manager parser to read past the supplied request buffer, exposing adjacent memory or crashing the stack. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) it is reachable over the network with no authentication and low complexity, yielding high confidentiality and availability impact. No CISA KEV listing and no EPSS were supplied; no active exploitation is confirmed, though a referenced public gist appears to document the flaw and may contain proof-of-concept material.
Out-of-bounds read in the OpENer EtherNet/IP (ENIP/CIP) stack version 2.3.0 (commit 76b95cf) lets remote unauthenticated attackers leak adjacent stack memory or crash the device by sending a crafted ENIP SendRRData frame whose CIP EPath path_size field overstates the number of path words actually present. Rated CVSS 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), it affects internet- or network-reachable industrial devices that embed OpENer. Publicly available exploit code exists (a POC gist and public issue report), but there is no public exploit identified as actively exploited - it is not in CISA KEV, and EPSS is low at 0.15% (5th percentile).
Local privilege escalation in SecureAge CatchPulse endpoint protection (versions up to and including 10.9.3) stems from a heap-based buffer overflow in the kernel driver saappctl.sys, where an authenticated local user can corrupt kernel heap memory to gain code execution at ring 0. Publicly available exploit code exists (demonstrated in a YouTube proof-of-concept), but there is no public exploit identified as being used in active attacks and the issue is not on CISA KEV. The CVSS 4.0 base score of 7.1 reflects local-only reachability but full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the host once triggered.
Kernel memory corruption in the Zephyr RTOS (versions v1.14.0 through v4.4.0) lets an unprivileged user-mode thread corrupt the kernel's dynamic object-tracking list across the userspace security boundary. The flaw is a use-after-free race (CWE-416) in the obj_list traversal, exploitable only on builds combining CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_USERSPACE, and CONFIG_DYNAMIC_OBJECTS, and can yield privilege escalation or a kernel crash. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; a vendor patch is available.
Stack out-of-bounds write in the Zephyr RTOS network IP-parsing utility (parse_ipv4() in subsys/net/ip/utils.c) lets a crafted "a.b.c.d:port" address string with an overlong post-colon suffix overflow a 17-byte stack buffer with fully attacker-controlled length and contents, affecting Zephyr 1.9.0 through 4.4.0. Any application that resolves a network-influenced address string via the standard socket API (zsock_getaddrinfo/literal resolution), DNS server-string configuration, or the eswifi Wi-Fi DNS-response path is exposed, yielding at minimum denial of service and potentially control-flow hijack. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; SSVC records proof-of-concept maturity and EPSS is low at 0.35%.
Out-of-bounds write in the WireGuard subsystem of Zephyr RTOS 4.4.0 lets a malicious or compromised WireGuard peer (or an on-path attacker driving an established session) corrupt memory by sending an oversized transport-data datagram. Because the flawed copy occurs before the Poly1305 authentication check, exploitation needs only a valid receiver session index rather than a valid authenticator, and reliably yields at least a remote denial of service on the target device. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; the Zephyr project has published advisory GHSA-3wqm-wgx2-9367 and an upstream fix.
Buffer overflow in the TRENDnet TEW-821DAP (firmware 1.12B01) wireless access point lets an authenticated remote attacker corrupt memory through the ssi-driven /goform/tools_nslookup handler (function sub_41EC14), enabling likely remote code execution or device crash. The device is end-of-life and the vendor has stated it cannot confirm or fix the issue, so no official patch is expected. A public technical write-up describing the overflow exists on GitHub (VulDB-coordinated disclosure), but there is no confirmed active exploitation in CISA KEV.
Buffer overflow in the TRENDnet TEW-821DAP (v1.0R, firmware 1.12B01) dual-band access point lets an authenticated remote attacker corrupt memory via the ssi handler sub_41EC14, reachable through the /goform/tools_nslookup endpoint. Supplying an oversized nslookup_target value overruns a fixed buffer (CWE-120), enabling denial of service and likely arbitrary code execution on the device. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; the product is end-of-life and the vendor states it cannot confirm the flaw.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the TRENDnet TEW-635BRM wireless router (firmware up to 1.00.03) lets an authenticated remote attacker overflow a fixed-size stack buffer through the device_name argument handled by the start_httpd function in /sbin/rc, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution on the device. Publicly available exploit code exists (VulDB), though it is not listed in CISA KEV, so there is no public exploit identified as actively exploited at time of analysis. The device has been end-of-life since 2011 and the vendor declined to confirm the flaw, meaning no fix will be issued.
Out-of-bounds kernel memory read/write in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK (the driver kit for PowerVR GPUs) allows a non-privileged local user to corrupt kernel memory through crafted GPU API calls, potentially achieving privilege escalation. The flaw stems from incorrect buffer indexing in the sparse-memory page-freeing path when pages larger than 4kB are handled. Rated CVSS 7.8 (CWE-787); no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low at 0.17% (6th percentile).
Local privilege escalation in Imagination Technologies' Graphics DDK (PowerVR GPU driver) lets a non-privileged user trigger a use-after-free by abusing an integer overflow in GPU memory-mapping system calls. The flaw allows two GPU virtual addresses to alias the same physical page; freeing one mapping releases the page while the second dangling mapping retains read/write access, enabling cross-process memory disclosure and corruption. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low (0.15%), but the local read/write UAF primitive is a strong stepping stone to kernel-level compromise.
Denial of service in OpenResty 1.29.2.1 through 1.29.2.4 arises from an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) in the upstream PROXY protocol v2 implementation; when the platform is configured to prepend PROXY protocol v2 headers to upstream connections, header construction in the stream proxy-protocol-v2 patch overruns its allocated buffer and crashes the worker process. Any environment that has explicitly enabled PROXY protocol v2 for upstream connections is affected, degrading availability without any impact to confidentiality or integrity. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not on CISA KEV; it is resolved in OpenResty 1.29.2.5.
Denial of service in Espressif's ESP-IDF JPEG driver (versions 6.0.1, 5.5.4, 5.4.4, 5.3.5 and likely earlier) stems from an out-of-bounds stack write in jpeg_parse_dqt_marker(), where the attacker-controlled DQT marker Tq nibble indexes the qt_tbl array without a 0..3 bounds check. Any application that feeds untrusted JPEG data into the hardware JPEG decode path can be reliably crashed by a single malformed image. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the vendor has released a fix in 6.0.2 with backports pending for the 5.x branches.
Local privilege escalation in osquery on Windows prior to 5.23.1 lets a standard (unprivileged) user escalate to SYSTEM by planting a maliciously crafted process whose Process Environment Block (PEB) contains oversized command-line or current-directory strings. When the osquery agent - typically running as SYSTEM - queries the `processes` table against that process, unchecked PEB string lengths trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds write (CWE-122). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in osquery on Windows prior to 5.23.1 lets a standard user escalate to SYSTEM by planting a maliciously crafted binary and having the authenticode table query it, triggering a heap out-of-bounds write in the getOriginalProgramName publisher-parsing routine. The flaw is a CWE-122 heap buffer overflow reachable whenever osquery (typically running as SYSTEM) evaluates authenticode publisher metadata against attacker-controlled files. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS was not provided.
Denial of service in the Apache IoTDB C++ client (versions 1.3.5 before 1.3.8 and 2.0.5 before 2.0.10) allows a malicious or compromised IoTDB server to crash any connected client by returning malformed TsBlock response data. The client's TsBlock deserializer performs out-of-bounds reads (CWE-125) on attacker-controlled server payloads, terminating the client process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS probability is low (0.14%), and impact is limited to availability of the client - no confidentiality or integrity effect is claimed.
Denial of service in Apache IoTDB versions 1.0.0 up to (but not including) 2.0.10 lets an unauthenticated network attacker crash the AirGap receiver thread by exploiting unbounded recursion in its readLength method. When the pipe_air_gap_receiver_enabled=true option is set, repeated E-language prefixes in a single socket stream drive recursion arbitrarily deep until the JVM stack is exhausted and a StackOverflowError is raised. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is low (0.14%, 4th percentile), consistent with SSVC marking exploitation as 'none' though 'automatable: yes'.
Arbitrary code execution in Samsung's libpadm.so system library on Galaxy devices allows a local, low-privileged attacker to corrupt memory via an out-of-bounds write and run code in the context of the vulnerable component prior to the SMR Jul-2026 Release 1. The flaw was reported internally by Samsung Mobile Security and carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.4 (high). No public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds write in Samsung's Quram image codec library (libimagecodec.media.quram.so) on Samsung Android devices lets remote attackers corrupt memory outside allocated bounds by delivering a malformed DNG (Adobe Digital Negative) raw image, prior to the SMR Jul-2026 Release 1 patch level. The flaw carries CVSS 4.0 8.3 (High) with a network attack vector, no privileges and no user interaction, but a present attack requirement (AT:P). No public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds memory write in the Quram image codec (libimagecodec.media.quram.so) used by Samsung mobile devices allows remote attackers to corrupt memory while the library parses a malformed TIFF image, affecting builds prior to SMR Jul-2026 Release 1. Reported by Samsung's own mobile security team, the flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.3 (High) with a network vector and no privileges or user interaction required, though an attack requirement (AT:P) indicates a specific precondition. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds write in Samsung's libsavsac.so native security library allows local attackers on affected Samsung devices to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability affects Samsung mobile devices running Android 14, 15, and 16 with libsavsac.so versions prior to the SMR Jul-2026 Release 1 security update. No public exploit code is available and the vulnerability is absent from the CISA KEV catalog; however, the SSVC assessment rates the technical impact as total.
Denial-of-service in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series routers lets an unauthenticated, Layer-2 adjacent attacker crash a line card by sending a single crafted packet within the same broadcast domain. The affected system miscalculates the packet size (CWE-1284, improper validation of specified quantity in input), which fails downstream processing and raises an MQSS major CMError that forces an automatic FPC reset, interrupting all traffic on that FPC until it recovers. Only deployments handling MAP-T or non-IP-over-IP traffic (e.g. MPLS over GRE) are exposed; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in the Tenda CP3 V3.0 IP camera (firmware V31.1.9.91) lets an unauthenticated remote attacker crash the RTSP service by sending a crafted second SETUP request after a valid RTSP handshake, knocking the camera offline for every client on the network. The flaw is a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) in the RTSP second-stage URL routing parser; publicly available exploit code exists via a GitHub write-up, though no active exploitation is confirmed and the CVSS availability-only impact means it is a crash, not code execution, at time of analysis.
Denial of service in the RTSP service of Tenda CP3 V3.0 IP cameras (firmware V31.1.9.91) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker on the local network to crash the streaming service with a single crafted SETUP request. Because the second-stage URL routing parser does not validate the URL field length, a request whose URL is exactly four repetitions of a valid RTSP URL overflows a stack buffer and terminates the RTSP process, cutting off all clients. Publicly available exploit code exists (researcher write-up on GitHub); this is not listed in CISA KEV and no active exploitation is confirmed.
Denial of service in the Tenda CP3 V3.0 IP camera (firmware V31.1.9.91) lets an unauthenticated remote attacker crash the onboard RTSP service by sending a PLAY request whose Range header carries an over-long clock= value, triggering a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121). The flaw affects only availability - a successful attack knocks the camera's video streaming offline until it recovers or is restarted, with no confirmed path to code execution or data disclosure. There is a public research write-up on GitHub, but no active exploitation is recorded in CISA KEV and EPSS rates exploitation likelihood as low (0.19%, 9th percentile).
Denial of service in Cesanta Mongoose before 7.22 lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash any TLS service (HTTPS, MQTTS, or WSS) built on the MG_TLS_BUILTIN stack by sending a single crafted TLS ClientHello whose session_id_len byte is used as an unvalidated buffer index, triggering an out-of-bounds read. The flaw sits in the built-in TLS server handshake function mg_tls_server_recv_hello() and requires no authentication or user interaction. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the trigger is trivial and the issue was disclosed by VulnCheck.
Denial of service in GStreamer's DTLS plugin allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to crash any application that performs a DTLS handshake (notably WebRTC/webrtcbin pipelines) by presenting a TLS certificate with an oversized Subject Distinguished Name. The Subject DN is written into a fixed 2048-byte stack buffer with no bounds checking (CWE-121), and overflowing it corrupts the stack and terminates the process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; impact is limited to availability (process crash), with no code execution or data exposure claimed.
Heap buffer overflow in GStreamer's rfbsrc (RFB/VNC source) plugin lets a malicious VNC server crash or corrupt the memory of any client that connects to it. When the server advertises a 16bpp framebuffer and sends Hextile-encoded updates, the background-fill path writes 32-bit pixels into a 16-bit buffer, producing an out-of-bounds heap write. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the primary confirmed impact is denial of service, with potential for further memory corruption. This is a client-side flaw requiring the victim to connect to attacker-controlled infrastructure.
Remote unauthenticated heap buffer overflow in xrdp (the open-source Remote Desktop Protocol server from neutrinolabs) affects versions prior to v0.10.6.1 and is fixed alongside nine other vulnerabilities in that release. Per the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) a network attacker who can reach the RDP listener can corrupt heap memory without authentication or user interaction, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity and availability. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in the Tenda CP3 V3.0 IP camera (firmware V31.1.9.91) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the RTSP service by sending a crafted PLAY request that overflows a fixed-size stack buffer. The flaw is remotely reachable with no authentication or user interaction, but per the description and CVSS the impact is limited to availability loss (device crash/reboot), with no confirmed code execution. A public technical report with reproduction details exists on GitHub; the issue is not listed in CISA KEV and no EPSS score was provided.
Remote denial of service in the Tenda CP3 V3.0 IP camera (firmware V31.1.9.991) allows an unauthenticated attacker on the network to crash the device by sending a specially crafted RTSP TEARDOWN request that overflows a stack buffer. Publicly available exploit code exists via a third-party GitHub write-up, though the flaw affects only availability (no data disclosure or code execution is claimed). No active exploitation has been reported in CISA KEV, and EPSS data was not provided.
An off-by-one out-of-bounds read in the FreeRDP glyph cache (CWE-125) allows a malicious or compromised RDP server to trigger a memory access past the end of the cached glyph entries array in FreeRDP clients before version 3.27.0. Exploitation requires the victim to initiate an outbound RDP connection to the attacker-controlled server (UI:R), but no authentication is required (PR:N), and default client configurations are exposed because glyph caching is standard RDP functionality. The flaw can crash the client (A:H) and cause limited memory disclosure (C:L); EPSS is low at 0.37% (30th percentile) and no public exploit code or CISA KEV confirmation was identified at time of analysis.
Heap-based buffer overflow in FreeRDP (the widely used open-source RDP client library) allows a malicious or compromised RDP server to corrupt client memory and potentially achieve remote code execution in the connecting client's context. The flaw lives in the primary drawing-order parser (update_read_delta_points in libfreerdp/core/orders.c), where an inverted integer-overflow guard let an attacker-controlled point count produce an undersized heap allocation followed by an out-of-bounds write. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the issue is fixed in FreeRDP 3.28.0 (GHSA-v5wf-j8j4-77h7).
Heap-based buffer overflow in neutrinolabs xrdp (open-source RDP server for Linux/Unix) lets a low-privileged authenticated attacker corrupt heap memory over the network, achieving high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise (CVSS 8.8), potentially arbitrary code execution in the xrdp process. Fixed in xrdp v0.10.6.1 (2026-07-06) via advisory GHSA-hh7r-2rmq-q4g4, one of ten CVEs patched in that release. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Codecs component allows a remote attacker to trigger out-of-bounds read and write operations by luring a victim to open or play a crafted video file, affecting all desktop builds prior to 150.0.7871.115. Rated High by Chromium and CVSS 8.8, it requires user interaction (viewing malicious media) but no privileges, and combines information disclosure with potential memory corruption that could lead to code execution. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in Wireshark's UMTS FP protocol dissector affects the 4.6.0-4.6.6 and 4.4.0-4.4.16 release branches, where a malformed UMTS Frame Protocol packet triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) that crashes the application. A remote attacker who can get the crafted frame parsed - via live capture on a monitored segment or a shared capture file - can reliably terminate the analyzer, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. Publicly available exploit code exists (SSVC=poc) but it is not on CISA KEV, and EPSS is low at 0.14% (4th percentile), indicating minimal observed exploitation pressure.