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 (36841)
Stack-based buffer overflow in the guac_client_plugin_open function in libguac in Guacamole before 0.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 38.6%.
Multiple buffer overflows in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 have unknown impact and attack vectors. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 40.9% and no vendor patch available.
The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger out-of-bounds write. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 does not properly handle plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOM tree corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOM topology corruption) via a crafted document. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the SSE2 optimization functionality in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11.50 before 11.50.xC9W2 and 11.70 before 11.70.xC5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iOS before 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Off-by-one error in Telephony in Apple iOS before 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and connectivity outage) via a crafted user-data header in an SMS message. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the IPsec component in Apple iOS before 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted racoon configuration file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 does not properly handle the bNbrPorts field of a USB hub descriptor, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 34.4% and no vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the DirectoryService Proxy in DirectoryService in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in npdjvu.dll in Caminova DjVu Browser Plug-in 6.1.4 Build 27351 and other versions before 6.1.4.27993 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Sjbz. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Stack-based buffer overflow in SR10 FTP server (SR10.exe) 1.1.0.6 in Ricoh DC Software DL-10 4.5.0.1, when the Log file name option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 49.9%.
Multiple buffer overflows in FlashFXP.exe in FlashFXP 4.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long unicode string to (1) TListbox or (2) TComboBox. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 52.5%.
Integer overflow in the WebConsole component in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP1 and 2012 before SP1 might allow remote attackers to execute. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 33.3%.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ast_parse_digest function in main/utils.c in Asterisk 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1 and 10.x before 10.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 41.7%.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the milliwatt_generate function in the Miliwatt application in Asterisk 1.4.x before 1.4.44, 1.6.x before 1.6.2.23, 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1, and 10.x before 10.2.1, when. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Multiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 35.4% and no vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cbtls_verify function in FreeRADIUS 2.1.10 through 2.1.12, when using TLS-based EAP methods, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 13.3% and no vendor patch available.
The DMVPN tunnel implementation in Cisco IOS 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent IKE state) via a large volume of hub-to-spoke traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtq39602. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The updateTime function in sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and traffic-inspection outage) via network. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 6.0, 6.2, and 7.0 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and process crash, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the CxDbgPrint function in the ipswcom.dll ActiveX component 1.0.0.1 for ASUS Net4Switch 1.0.0020 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 84.3%.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) before 8.6(3) and Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (aka Jabber XCP) before 5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.6.14, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1750 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.6.14, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1750 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The AAC SDK in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.6.14, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1750 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.6.14, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1750 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The ff_MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, related to starting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HMIWeb Browser HSCDSPRenderDLL ActiveX control in Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) Experion R2xx, R30x, R31x, and R400.x; Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the UltraMJCam ActiveX Control in TRENDnet SecurView TV-IP121WN Wireless Internet Camera allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 81.2%.
Heap-based buffer overflow in gdevwpr2.c in Ghostscript 9.04, when processing the OutputFile device parameter, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file name in. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in Oreans Themida 2.1.8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .TMD file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 28.8%.