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)
WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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 Safari before 6.0, 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.
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) malloc and (2) calloc functions in Hoard before 3.9 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows on. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) CallMalloc (malloc) and (2) nedpcalloc (calloc) functions in nedmalloc (nedmalloc.c) before 1.10 beta2 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc functions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 20.6%.
Buffer overflow in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1, when DHCPv6 mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and daemon exit) via a crafted client. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7). No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Stored Procedure infrastructure in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP12, 9.5 through FP9, 9.7 through FP6, 9.8 through FP5, and 10.1 allows remote authenticated users to. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 12.9% and no vendor patch available.
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in bmp.w5s in Winamp before 5.63 build 3235 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) strf chunk in BI_RGB or (2) UYVY video data in an AVI. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple integer overflows in tiff2pdf in libtiff before 4.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Integer signedness error in the TIFFReadDirectory function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 18.0%.
Stack-based buffer overflow in OSIsoft PI OPC DA Interface before 2.3.20.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by sending packet data during the processing of messages. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Unspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 32.7% and no vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in the queue_init function in unsquashfs.c in unsquashfs in Squashfs 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted block_log field in the superblock. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_component function in unsquashfs.c in unsquashfs in Squashfs 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted list file (aka a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SetSource method in the Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX control 1.0.0.15 in PlayerPT.ocx on the Cisco WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet video camera allows remote. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.2%.
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the j2k_read_sot function in j2k.c in OpenJPEG 1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the JSDependentString::undepend function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The qcms_transform_data_rgb_out_lut_sse2 function in the QCMS implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 might allow remote attackers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocument::AdoptNode function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The ElementAnimations::EnsureStyleRuleFor function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsSMILTimeValueSpec::IsEventBased function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file that triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) an invalid. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageLeftPosition value in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 10.6%.
Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCT image. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in XnView before 1.99 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) SGI32LogLum compressed. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 16.6%.
Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ogg_DecodePacket function in the OGG demuxer (modules/demux/ogg.c) in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in programmer.exe in Lattice Diamond Programmer 1.4.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 14.6%.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 88.8%.
The in_mod plugin in Winamp before 5.63 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .IT file. 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.
The in_mod plugin in Winamp before 5.63 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .IT file. 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.
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 and SP2 and Windows Data Access Components (WDAC) 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XML. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 59.0% and no vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 28.4%.
Heap-based buffer overflow in jpeg_ls.dll in the Jpeg_LS (aka JLS) plugin in the formats plugins in IrfanView PlugIns before 4.34 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JLS. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 22.5%.
Stack-based buffer overflow in slssvc.exe before 58.x in Invensys Wonderware SuiteLink in the Invensys System Platform software suite, as used in InTouch/Wonderware Application Server IT before 10.5. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the KeyHelp.KeyCtrl.1 ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.312 in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the HTML Help component), as used in EMC Documentum. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 64.8%.
WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted packet to (1) TCP or (2) UDP port 2001. 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.
Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 555. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 18.6%.
Stack-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 555. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 12.1%.
Buffer overflow in LAN Messenger 1.2.28 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an initiation request. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 10.2%.
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly construct certain array data structures, which allows remote. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 12.7% and no vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player T27 L through SP11 EP26, T27 LB through SP21 EP10, T27 LC before SP25 EP11, T27 LD before SP32 CP2, and T28 L10N before SP1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player T27 L through SP11 EP26, T27 LB through SP21 EP10, T27 LC before SP25 EP11, T27 LD before SP32 CP2, and T28 L10N before SP1 allows. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player T27 L through SP11 EP26, T27 LB through SP21 EP10, T27 LC before SP25 EP11, T27 LD before SP32 CP2, and T28 L10N before. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player T27 L through SP11 EP26, T27 LB through SP21 EP10, T27 LC before SP25 EP11, T27 LD before SP32 CP2, and T28 L10N before SP1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in the Cisco WebEx Advanced Recording Format (ARF) player T27 L through SP11 EP26, T27 LB through SP21 EP10, T27 LC before SP25 EP11, T27 LD before SP32 CP2, and T28 L10N before SP1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Buffer overflow in RunTime.exe in Sielco Sistemi Winlog Pro SCADA before 2.07.18 and Winlog Lite SCADA before 2.07.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 80.8%.
Buffer overflow in the JS API in the PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 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.
Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 does not properly implement texture conversion, which 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.
The PDF functionality in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 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.
Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 does not properly implement SVG filters, which 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.
Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, does not properly check packet sizes before reusing packet memory buffers, which allows. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 61.2%.
Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted packet. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 25.1%.
Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and daemon. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 25.1%.
Integer overflow in Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 13.0%.
Pro-face WinGP PC Runtime 3.1.00 and earlier, and ProServr.exe in Pro-face Pro-Server EX 1.30.000 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read operation) via. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 15.8%.
fs/proc/root.c in the procfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2 does not properly interact with CLONE_NEWPID clone system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.