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Buffer Overflow

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A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

How It Works

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions. This overwrites whatever data or code exists there, corrupting program state and potentially giving attackers control over execution flow.

Stack-based overflows are the most common variant. When a function allocates a fixed-size buffer on the stack and then copies user-controlled input without proper bounds checking, attackers can overflow past the buffer to overwrite the function's return address. When the function completes, instead of returning to legitimate code, execution jumps to attacker-specified memory containing malicious shellcode. Heap-based overflows work differently—they corrupt heap metadata like chunk size fields or free list pointers, leading to arbitrary memory writes when the allocator processes the corrupted structures.

Modern exploitation bypasses defensive mechanisms through techniques like Return-Oriented Programming (ROP), which chains together existing code snippets to avoid non-executable memory protections. Attackers may also use heap spraying to reliably position shellcode at predictable addresses, defeating address randomization.

Impact

  • Remote code execution — attacker gains ability to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the vulnerable process
  • Privilege escalation — exploiting kernel or setuid program overflows to gain root/SYSTEM access
  • Denial of service — crashes and memory corruption that render systems unusable
  • Information disclosure — reading sensitive data from adjacent memory regions that should be inaccessible
  • Authentication bypass — overwriting security-critical variables like permission flags or user IDs

Real-World Examples

Fortinet FortiOS suffered a critical buffer overflow (CVE-2025-32756) that allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code as root on firewalls and VPN gateways. Attackers actively exploited this to compromise enterprise network perimeters before patches were available.

The Slammer worm from 2003 exploited a stack overflow in Microsoft SQL Server, spreading to 75,000 hosts in ten minutes by sending a single malformed UDP packet that overwrote the return address with shellcode. No authentication was required.

OpenSSH historically contained a heap overflow in challenge-response authentication that allowed pre-authentication remote root compromise on Unix systems, demonstrating how memory corruption in privileged network services creates maximum impact scenarios.

Mitigation

  • Memory-safe languages — Rust, Go, and modern managed languages prevent buffer overflows by design through automatic bounds checking
  • Stack canaries — random values placed before return addresses that detect corruption before control transfer
  • Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) — randomizes memory locations making exploitation less reliable
  • Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) — marks memory regions as non-executable, preventing direct shellcode execution
  • Bounds checking — validate input sizes before copying, use safe functions like strncpy instead of strcpy
  • Fuzzing and static analysis — automated testing to discover overflows before deployment

Recent CVEs (36785)

EPSS 30% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 30.3%.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 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 25% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 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 25.0%.

RCE Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), 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 Adobe Buffer Overflow +3
NVD
EPSS 37% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 37.5%.

Adobe Buffer Overflow RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.1
MEDIUM This Month

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Schneider Electric VAMPSET 2.2.136 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service (application halt) via a malformed (1) setting file or (2). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.1). No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Schneider Electric Stack Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Buffer overflow in the Vcl.Graphics.TPicture.Bitmap implementation in the Visual Component Library (VCL) in Embarcadero Delphi XE6 20.0.15596.9843 and C++ Builder XE6 20.0.15596.9843 allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

RCE Buffer Overflow Embarcadero C Builder Xe6 +1
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Off-by-one error in the snmpHandleUdp function in snmp_core.cc in Squid 2.x and 3.x, when an SNMP port is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 18.2%.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that trigger an out-of-bounds read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Miniupnp +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 16.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 14% 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 14.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 14% 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 14.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 14% 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 14.2% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 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 14.9% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 14% 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 14.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 14% 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 14.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 18% 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 18.1% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 19.3%.

RCE Google Buffer Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 86% 6.1 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 86.0%.

RCE Google Buffer Overflow +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on. 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 Google +6
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

Node.js 0.8 before 0.8.28 and 0.10 before 0.10.30 does not consider the possibility of recursive processing that triggers V8 garbage collection in conjunction with a V8 interrupt, which allows remote. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Node.js
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in disp+work.exe 7000.52.12.34966 and 7200.117.19.50294 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver 7.00 and 7.20 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE SAP +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Stack-based buffer overflow in SAP Crystal Reports allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data source string in an RPT file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RCE SAP Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 10.6%.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Opensuse +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.5
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 9.7 through FP9a, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 through FP4, and 10.5 before FP4 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 10.4%.

IBM RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The mozilla::dom::AudioEventTimeline function in the Web Audio API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 does not properly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Mozilla Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DOMSVGLength::GetTearOff function in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 allows remote attackers. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +8
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1 allows remote. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Mozilla Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Mozilla Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL Act Now

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Mozilla Buffer Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to (1). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3). Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Linux Buffer Overflow +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.4
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acdb_ioctl function in audio_acdb.c in the acdb audio driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Qualcomm Google +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

modules/webaudio/BiquadDSPKernel.cpp in the Web Audio API implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94, does not properly consider concurrent threads during attempts to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

The WebGL implementation in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does not ensure that clear calls interact properly with the state of a draw buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Google Buffer Overflow +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PavTPK.sys kernel mode driver of Panda Security 2014 products before hft131306s24_r1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted argument to a 0x222008 IOCTL. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Panda Av Pro 2014 Panda Global Protection 2014 +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU 1.6.0 does not terminate the list with the VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST macro, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Qemu
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Multiple buffer overflows in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 allow remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE PHP +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The VIQR module in the iconv implementation in FreeBSD 10.0 before p6 and NetBSD allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted argument to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Freebsd +1
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC This Month

Stack-based buffer overflow in Baidu Spark Browser 26.5.9999.3511 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via nested calls to the window.print JavaScript function. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Spark Browser
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

Buffer overflow in the Java GUI Configuration Wizard and Preferences Editor in the backup-archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.x and 6.x before 6.2.5.2, 6.3.x before 6.3.2, and 6.4.x. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 8.5
HIGH Act Now

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 11.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Double free vulnerability in the init_ctx_reselect function in the SPNEGO initiator in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 40% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Act Now

Multiple buffer overflows in crypto/srp/srp_lib.c in the SRP implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 40.2% and no vendor patch available.

OpenSSL Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The kernel-mode drivers in 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 do not. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Windows 7 +8
NVD
EPSS 15% 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 14.9% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% 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 15.8% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 16.3% and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service RCE Buffer Overflow +2
NVD
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