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 (41290)
Out-of-bounds write in the ANGLE graphics translation layer of Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker to trigger heap corruption by luring a user to a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the renderer process. Chromium rates the severity as High and CVSS scores it 8.8, but EPSS exploitation probability is currently very low (0.03%, 11th percentile) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The flaw was reported through Chrome's internal disclosure process and a fixed build is already available from the vendor.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer prior to version 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to potentially achieve code execution within the renderer process when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. Google rated the issue High severity and has shipped a stable-channel fix; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is currently 0.03% (10th percentile), indicating low observed exploitation interest despite the strong technical impact.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page that triggers a heap buffer overflow in the WebCodecs component. Chromium rates this severity High and a vendor patch is available, though EPSS exploitation probability is currently very low (0.03%, 9th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome for Windows prior to 148.0.7778.216 stems from an out-of-bounds read in the ANGLE graphics abstraction layer, enabling attackers who lure a user to a malicious page to execute arbitrary code in the renderer context. Chromium rates the severity High and CVSS scores it 8.8 due to network reach and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though successful exploitation requires user interaction (visiting the crafted page). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but ANGLE bugs have historically been chained into browser sandbox escapes.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 leverages a heap buffer overflow in the ANGLE graphics translation layer, enabling attackers who have already compromised the renderer process to break out of Chrome's sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates the severity as High and CVSS scores it at 8.3, though EPSS remains very low at 0.03% and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Windows before 148.0.7778.216 lets a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process break out of the Chrome sandbox via a crafted HTML page that triggers a heap buffer overflow in ANGLE. The flaw carries CVSS 8.3 (High) and is rated Chromium-severity High, but EPSS is only 0.03% and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Patched in the Stable channel update announced by Google on the Chrome Releases blog.
Out-of-bounds write in the ANGLE graphics translation layer in Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the Chrome sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The flaw is rated High severity by Chromium and chained exploitation could lead to code execution outside the renderer sandbox, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS estimates only a 0.03% near-term exploitation probability.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer prior to version 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Rated High by Chromium with CVSS 8.3 (scope-changed) and CWE-122 heap buffer overflow; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.03%), but the vulnerability is in the second-stage chain typically combined with a renderer RCE.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 stems from an out-of-bounds memory access in the ANGLE graphics translation layer that lets a remote attacker run arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates the issue High severity and a vendor patch is available, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the EPSS score of 0.04% (12th percentile) indicates very low observed exploitation likelihood at this time.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.216 enables a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of Chrome's sandbox through an out-of-bounds write in the GPU process triggered by a crafted HTML page. Google rates the Chromium security severity as High and a vendor patch is available, but no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is low at 0.03% (11th percentile).
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer prior to version 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of Chrome's sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Rated High severity by Chromium with a CVSS of 8.3, the issue is patched but no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.03%, 11th percentile).
Remote code execution in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine prior to version 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox by luring a user to a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a CWE-787 out-of-bounds write in V8 carrying a CVSS 8.8 (High) with Chromium severity rated High; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via an out-of-bounds read in the GPU process triggered by a crafted HTML page. Google rates the underlying issue as High severity, and while a vendor patch is shipped, EPSS shows only 0.03% (11th percentile) exploitation probability and no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at the time of analysis.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker to break out of the renderer sandbox by serving a crafted HTML page that triggers an out-of-bounds read and write in the Dawn WebGPU implementation. Chromium rates the underlying issue as Critical severity, and CVSS 8.3 with scope change reflects the cross-boundary impact, though EPSS is low at 0.03% and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216 stems from an out-of-bounds write in the ANGLE graphics translation layer, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the browser's renderer context after a victim visits a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates this severity Critical and CVSS scores it 8.8, with vendor patches released via the Stable channel update; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to potentially break out of the renderer sandbox via an out-of-bounds read in the WebGL component when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates the underlying issue as Critical severity, and while no public exploit is identified at time of analysis (EPSS 0.03%), the combination of scope-change (S:C) and full CIA impact makes this a high-priority browser patch for Android fleets.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to corrupt GPU process memory via a crafted HTML page, breaking out of the renderer sandbox boundary. Chromium rates this Critical severity with a CVSS of 9.6 due to scope change, though EPSS remains low at 0.03% and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Remote denial of service in Lakeside SysTrack Agent (lsiagent.exe) allows unauthenticated network attackers to crash the endpoint monitoring agent by sending a single malformed UDP packet to the Command ID 30 handler. The flaw was reported by VulnCheck and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 reflecting high availability impact with no privileges or user interaction required; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though VulnCheck has published an advisory describing the trigger.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the XCharge C6 charging controller's signal-processing logic enables an attacker with physical access to the charging interface to corrupt memory by sending oversized message fields, potentially gaining code execution with elevated privileges. Reported through CISA's ICS-CERT under advisory ICSA-26-148-08, the flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.6 driven by high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of both the vulnerable component and adjacent subsystems. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Stack buffer overflow in Music Player Daemon (MPD) versions prior to 0.24.11 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the daemon or potentially execute code by serving a malicious HTTP audio stream processed by the PCM decoder plugin. The flaw stems from an off-by-one miscalculation in pcm_unpack_24be (src/pcm/Pack.cxx) that writes four bytes (three attacker-controlled) past a 1365-entry int32_t stack array. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the upstream fix is confirmed via commit 5991102 and release 0.24.11.
Out-of-bounds heap read in Ubuntu Linux kernels 6.8, 6.17, and 7.0 stems from AppArmor SAUCE patches miscomputing an internal buffer size during notification handling, allowing an unprivileged local user to feed invalid data into the AppArmor DFA policy engine. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.8 (high) and currently has no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though Canonical has shipped an upstream kernel fix. Impact is limited to local attackers but high-severity given full CIA impact in the CVSS vector.
Denial-of-service via stack buffer overflow in CryptX (Perl cryptography module) versions before 0.088_001 affects four AEAD decryption helpers that copy attacker-controlled authentication tags into a fixed 144-byte stack buffer without bounds checking. Remote attackers can crash any Perl application that passes untrusted tags to gcm_decrypt_verify, ccm_decrypt_verify, chacha20poly1305_decrypt_verify, or eax_decrypt_verify, resulting in process termination. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS scoring (0.04%, 13th percentile) reflects low expected exploitation activity despite the network attack vector.
Local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel's vsock (virtio sockets) subsystem stems from inverted buffer-size clamping logic in vsock_update_buffer_size(), allowing a local user to grow vsk->buffer_size beyond the configured vsk->buffer_max_size and violate intended socket memory boundaries. Affected branches include stable trees prior to 6.6.140, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 7.0.9, and 7.1-rc1; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile).
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU VCN3 (Video Core Next, generation 3) decoder message parser allows a local low-privileged user to read kernel memory beyond the buffer object boundary and potentially trigger denial of service. The flaw was resolved by adding bounds checks against the end of the buffer object whenever the dec msg is accessed. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 6th percentile) and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation potential exists in the Linux kernel's DRM/GEM framebuffer subsystem (drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs) where inconsistent plane dimension calculations between integer division and DIV_ROUND_UP cause a size-check bypass. A local low-privileged user able to invoke the framebuffer ioctl with specific pixel formats (e.g., NV12) and crafted dimensions can trigger an out-of-bounds GPU memory access on the chroma plane, leading to memory corruption with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.02%), suggesting limited near-term exploitation risk despite the 7.8 CVSS.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU VCN4 (Video Core Next) driver allows a local user with GPU access to trigger memory disclosure or denial of service by submitting a crafted indirect buffer (IB) to the amdgpu DRM subsystem. The flaw stems from missing bounds checks while parsing IBs in the drm/amdgpu/vcn4 code path, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.02%) and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Unclocked register access in the Linux kernel's Cadence Quadspi SPI controller driver (spi-cadence-quadspi) occurs during driver unbind, affecting kernel versions through 7.0.x and 7.1-rc1. A local low-privileged user able to trigger driver unbind can cause high-impact confidentiality loss and denial of service on systems using affected SPI hardware. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS rates exploitation probability at just 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds read in the AMD GPU VCN4 (Video Core Next, 4th generation) decoder message parser of the Linux kernel allows a local low-privileged user to read kernel memory beyond the decoder message buffer object, potentially leading to information disclosure and denial of service. The flaw exists in the drm/amdgpu/vcn4 driver where bounds against the end of the buffer object (BO) were not validated when parsing decoder messages. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS scores the exploitation probability at just 0.02% (6th percentile), but a vendor patch is available across multiple stable branches.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's batman-adv (B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced) mesh networking module stems from an integer overflow on the s16 buff_pos variable in batadv_iv_ogm_send_to_if, where the size check is performed using int while the position counter uses s16. Adjacent-network attackers on a batman-adv mesh can trigger the overflow by sending crafted OGM (Originator Message) aggregation packets, potentially leaking kernel memory or causing denial of service. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the issue carries a CVSS of 8.8 due to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability across adjacent networks.
Local privilege escalation via out-of-bounds buffer access in the Linux kernel's AMD KFD (Kernel Fusion Driver) SVM ioctl interface allows authenticated local users to corrupt kernel memory by supplying an attacker-controlled nattr attribute count that exceeds the buffer size. The flaw affects systems running AMD GPUs with the amdkfd driver and has been resolved upstream across multiple stable branches. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the high CIA impact warrants prompt patching on AMD GPU compute workstations and HPC nodes.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's framebuffer console (fbcon) subsystem allows a local low-privileged attacker to access kernel memory beyond the font buffer when console rotation is enabled and font reallocation fails. The flaw resides in fbcon_rotate_font() which retains the undersized old buffer after a failed reallocation, so printing characters with high-enough codes overflows the font buffer during putcs operations. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.02%), but the issue is patched across multiple stable kernel branches.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's SPI-NOR flash debugfs interface (spi_nor_params_show) allows local authenticated users with debugfs access to trigger memory disclosure or denial of service on 64-bit systems. The flaw stems from sizeof() being used on a pointer array instead of ARRAY_SIZE(), inflating the bounds-check length by 8x. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS rates exploitation likelihood at 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's SMB client (smb/client) symlink handling allows a malicious or compromised SMB server to trigger memory disclosure or denial-of-service against Linux clients that mount SMB shares. The flaw resides in symlink_data() where smb2_check_message() does not validate response length before fields beyond the 64-byte SMB2 header are accessed. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though upstream kernel fixes have already been merged across multiple stable branches.
Memory corruption in the Linux kernel scheduler exit path allows local low-privileged users to trigger use-after-free or double-free of task stacks when an exiting task oopses, per CVE-2026-46173. The flaw stems from make_task_dead() invoking do_task_dead() with preemption enabled, violating the scheduler's requirement that __schedule() run with preemption disabled, which can leave two tasks running on the same stack. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS rates exploitation probability at just 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's b43legacy wireless driver allows a local attacker with low privileges to read beyond the dev->key[] array when firmware reports a key index exceeding dev->max_nr_keys. The existing B43legacy_WARN_ON check was non-enforcing in production builds, permitting memory disclosure during RX packet handling on systems with vulnerable Broadcom legacy WiFi chipsets. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.02%), suggesting limited near-term mass exploitation despite a high CVSS of 7.8.
Out-of-bounds heap read in the Linux kernel's SMB client (smb/client) allows a malicious or compromised SMB server to leak adjacent kernel heap memory to a connected Linux client. The flaw lives in smb2_compound_op() where check_wsl_eas() fails to validate that OutputBufferLength fits within iov_len before a memcpy, so a truncated response with an oversized OutputBufferLength and an early-terminated EA list triggers the read past the rsp_iov allocation. EPSS is very low (0.02%) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but upstream patches have been merged across multiple stable branches.
Out-of-bounds stack read in the Linux kernel SCSI target subsystem's configfs interface allows a local privileged user to trigger a kernel panic or leak adjacent stack memory by reading the tg_pt_gp members sysfs attribute when a long iSCSI IQN fabric WWN (up to 223 bytes) is configured. The flaw stems from misusing the snprintf() return value (which reports intended length, not bytes written) as a memcpy() source length. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile).
Local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel's RDMA/mana driver allows an authenticated low-privileged user to corrupt kernel memory by supplying an oversized rx_hash_key_len via the uAPI structure, which is passed unchecked to memcpy. The flaw affects kernels using the Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) RDMA driver and can lead to heap/stack overflow within kernel space, enabling potential code execution or system compromise. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low at 0.02% (5th percentile), indicating limited exploitation interest so far.
Out-of-bounds kernel memory read in the Linux kernel's MediaTek Bluetooth driver (btmtk) lets a short or malformed WMT firmware event response trigger reads past the SKB tailroom in btmtk_usb_hci_wmt_sync(), potentially leaking adjacent kernel memory or crashing the host. The flaw affects systems using MediaTek USB Bluetooth controllers (MT76xx family) on kernels around 6.11 through release candidates of 7.1, scoring CVSS 7.1 with high confidentiality and availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is negligible (0.02%), but a vendor fix is available across multiple stable branches.
Out-of-bounds heap read and infinite loop in the Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI event handler (hci_le_create_big_complete_evt) allows an adjacent attacker to trigger denial of service on systems with Bluetooth LE Isochronous (BIG) connections. The flaw arises when a malicious or malformed controller returns an LE_Create_BIG_Complete event with fewer bis_handle entries than expected, causing the kernel to read past the flex array and spin indefinitely while holding hci_dev_lock. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is very low (0.02%), but the issue is patched across multiple stable trees.
Denial-of-service in the Linux kernel mt76/mt7921 MediaTek Wi-Fi driver lets a buffer-length (buf_len) underflow occur while iterating the CLC (country location configuration) power table, producing a near-infinite loop or an invalid power setting that crashes driver initialization. Systems running affected kernels with MediaTek MT7921 Wi-Fi hardware are impacted; classified CWE-787 (out-of-bounds write) with a vendor-assigned CVSS of 7.8 (local, AV:L). No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.02%), consistent with a reliability/DoS defect rather than a readily weaponizable memory-corruption primitive.
Remote denial-of-service in the Linux kernel's Soft RoCE (RDMA/rxe) driver allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the kernel by sending a single crafted 48-byte UDP packet to port 4791 with an undefined BTH opcode. The flaw triggers an out-of-bounds read in rxe_icrc_hdr() via crc32_le() due to zero-initialized rxe_opcode[] entries causing arithmetic underflow, panicking the host with no public exploit identified at time of analysis though EPSS is very low at 0.03%.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's dm-verity-fec (forward error correction) subsystem allows kernel memory disclosure or a crash when decoding Reed-Solomon parity data. The flaw affects the device-mapper verity FEC code where fec_decode_bufs() wrongly assumes parity bytes of the first RS codeword never span a parity-block boundary; with certain non-default fec_roots values combined with low-memory buffer-allocation failures, the decoder reads past the end of the parity block buffer. Tracked as CWE-125, it carries a 7.1 CVSS (local, low complexity per NVD) but a negligible EPSS of 0.02%, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Out-of-bounds read and information disclosure in the Linux kernel's virtio_bt (virtio Bluetooth) driver allows a malicious or buggy virtio backend to leak uninitialized kernel heap memory into received Bluetooth skbs. The virtbt_rx_work() function trusted the device-reported length from virtqueue_get_buf() without clamping it to the 1000-byte buffer actually exposed via sg_init_one(), so a hostile backend can report lengths between 1001 and skb_tailroom() - or 0 - causing skb_put() to expose untouched heap bytes or virtbt_rx_handle() to read an uninitialized pkt_type. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile), but a vendor patch is available.
Out-of-bounds memory read in the Linux kernel's b43 Broadcom wireless driver allows leakage of adjacent kernel memory when the device firmware supplies a key index that exceeds the 58-entry dev->key[] array in b43_rx(). The pre-patch guard (B43_WARN_ON) is a no-op in production kernels, so the invalid index was used to index the array unchecked. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is negligible (0.02%); the fix enforces the bounds check and drops the offending frame.
Information disclosure and denial of service in the Linux kernel's libceph subsystem allows remote Ceph servers (or attackers able to spoof/MITM unauthenticated Ceph traffic) to trigger a slab-out-of-bounds read by sending a crafted CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY message with a positive result value. The flaw causes the kernel client to send memory contents past the allocated front-segment buffer back over the wire, potentially leaking adjacent kernel heap data and destabilizing the host. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.02%), but the CVSS of 9.1 reflects the network-reachable, no-privileges-required nature of the bug in affected Ceph client deployments.
Out-of-bounds write in Samsung's Escargot JavaScript engine allows attacker-supplied scripts to corrupt memory through the ArrayBuffer.prototype.transfer() built-in, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (CVSS 8.8). The flaw stems from a missing length-bounds check when transferring an ArrayBuffer to a new byte length, enabling writes past the allocated buffer that can lead to remote code execution if a victim runs the malicious script. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no EPSS or CISA KEV data was provided.
Remote code execution in Gladinet Triofox is possible through a stack-based buffer overflow in WOSDefaultHttpModule.dll, which fails to bounds-check overly long URL paths beginning with /woshome. Because the flaw is reachable over the network with no authentication and no user interaction (CVSS 9.8), an attacker who can reach the Triofox web service can corrupt the stack and potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the web module. No public exploit has been identified at the time of analysis, and the issue was reported by Tenable (TRA-2026-45).
Remote code execution in Gladinet Triofox is possible through a stack-based buffer overflow in the WOSDeviceDropFolder.dll component, which mishandles overly long URL paths that begin with /resources. The CVSS 9.8 vector indicates an unauthenticated, network-reachable flaw requiring no user interaction, meaning any attacker who can reach the Triofox web service can corrupt the stack and potentially execute arbitrary code. The issue was reported by Tenable (TRA-2026-45); no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no EPSS score was provided in the source data.
Out-of-bounds write in LibVNCClient (shipped in the LibVNCServer project, versions 0.9.15 and earlier) lets a malicious or compromised VNC server corrupt memory in any client that connects to it. The Tight encoding decoder's Gradient filter uses fixed 2048-pixel scratch buffers but never validates the server-supplied rectangle width, so a crafted FramebufferUpdate with a width above 2048 overruns those buffers, threatening confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 8.8). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the issue is fixed by upstream commit 5b270544.
Arbitrary code execution in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server and Endpoint (versions 3.7.4 through 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1) arises from a stack-based buffer overflow in the asperahttpd component. An authenticated user with network access can corrupt memory in this HTTP handling component to run code in the context of the service, fully compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 8.8). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS data was not provided.
Remote code execution and authentication bypass are possible in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server and High-Speed Transfer Endpoint (versions 3.7.4 through 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1) through a heap-based buffer overflow in the asperahttpd component. An unauthenticated network attacker can corrupt memory to crash the service (denial of service) and, in the worst case, hijack execution flow to run arbitrary code or bypass authentication. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC lists exploitation as none, but the CVSS 9.8 rating and 'Automatable: yes' assessment mark this as a high-priority patching target.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem driver allows a local attacker to read up to 3 bytes beyond a valid extended-attribute (xattr) region, potentially leaking adjacent kernel memory or crashing the system. The flaw lives in check_xattrs(), where a loose bounds check on the next xattr entry lets IS_LAST_ENTRY() perform a 4-byte read that overruns the buffer when parsing a crafted or corrupted ext4 xattr block. It is not in CISA KEV and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is negligible at 0.02% (5th percentile), consistent with a low-impact local memory-safety bug that has already been patched upstream.
Local privilege escalation via memory corruption in Linux Kernel crypto subsystem (acomp) affects systems using asynchronous hardware compression accelerators such as Intel QAT. The flaw stems from acomp_save_req() storing the wrong pointer (&req->chain instead of req itself) in req->base.data, causing the completion callback acomp_reqchain_done() to dereference fields at incorrect offsets. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low at 0.02%, but the high CVSS (7.8) reflects potential for memory corruption with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's EROFS filesystem driver allows a local attacker to crash the system or potentially leak kernel memory by mounting a crafted EROFS image. The flaw stems from missing validation of the trailing dirent nameoff field, which can underflow during strnlen() and cause reads beyond the directory block. EPSS is very low (0.02%) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but a vendor patch is available across multiple stable kernel branches.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel md/raid5 journal recovery path allows a local privileged user supplying a corrupted MD RAID5 journal device to trigger memory disclosure or kernel crashes during journal replay. The flaw exists in r5c_recovery_analyze_meta_block() and r5l_recovery_verify_data_checksum_for_mb(), which trusted on-disk payload size fields without validating them against the metadata block's remaining space. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS scores exploitation probability at just 0.02% (5th percentile).
Improper memory deallocation in the Linux kernel's NX-842 hardware compression crypto driver (nx842_crypto_alloc_ctx/free_ctx) causes bounce buffers allocated as order-2 (4 pages) to be released with single-page free_page() calls, leaking three of every four pages. The flaw is local-only with no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS (0.02%, 5th percentile) reflects negligible mass-exploitation interest. Note that the NVD CVSS (7.8, C:H/I:H/A:H) appears overstated for what the upstream commit explicitly describes as a memory leak rather than corruption.
Out-of-bounds memory access in the Linux kernel's DAMON (Data Access MONitor) subsystem allows a local user with access to the DAMON sysfs interface to read out-of-bounds kernel memory or crash the system. The flaw exists because mm/damon/core failed to validate the user-supplied node ID (damos_quota_goal->nid) before using it in NODE_DATA() for the node_memcg_used_bp and node_memcg_free_bp quota goal metrics. The kernel description includes a working reproduction using the user-space 'damo' tool, but no public weaponized exploit and no active exploitation (CISA KEV) have been reported; EPSS is negligible at 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds heap read in the Linux kernel's ibmasm driver (the IBM Advanced System Management service-processor interface) lets a local privileged user leak adjacent kernel heap memory. The ibmasm_send_i2o_message() function trusts user-controlled command_size and data_size header fields to size a memcpy_toio() without validating them against the real allocation, so a small buffer with inflated header values forces a read of up to ~65 KB past the allocation, which is then forwarded to the service processor over MMIO. EPSS is negligible (0.02%, 5th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel's ntfs3 filesystem driver allows local attackers to bypass volume boundary validation when mounting or accessing a crafted NTFS volume, leading to memory corruption with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The flaw resides in run_unpack() where the check `lcn + len > sbi->used.bitmap.nbits` performs raw addition that wraps for large values, sidestepping the bounds check. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.02%), but CVSS 7.8 with required user interaction reflects realistic local privilege-escalation potential when untrusted NTFS media is processed.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's AppArmor LSM subsystem (security/apparmor/match.c) allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read via the mount() syscall on kernels 7.0 through 7.0.3 and 7.1-rc1. The flaw stems from a missing string terminator that causes aa_dfa_match() to read past the end of an 8KB kmalloc buffer when processing mount path strings, resulting in potential information disclosure and system instability (denial of service). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is negligible at 0.02%.
Data corruption in the Linux kernel md-llbitmap RAID subsystem allows stale bitmap pages to be read from spare disks during rebuild. The md-llbitmap code iterated rdevs checking only raid_disk assignment and the Faulty flag, omitting the In_sync flag, so bitmap data could be sourced from a not-yet-synchronized spare. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is negligible (0.02%), but the bug can silently corrupt arrays during normal operation or recovery.
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel's rxgk (RxRPC GSS Kerberos) token extraction routine allows remote attackers to potentially trigger memory corruption via length-check bypass in rxgk_extract_token(). The flaw affects Linux kernel versions in the 6.16.9-to-6.17 range and was fixed by changing the validation to round down available data instead of rounding up the tested value. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's crypto authencesn AEAD wrapper allows a local user with AF_ALG access to trigger memory disclosure and possible denial of service by instantiating an authencesn transform built on an ahash whose digest size is 1-3 bytes (for example cbcmac(cipher_null)). The flaw stems from crypto_authenc_esn_create() failing to validate the inner digest size, letting an invalid default authsize bypass the existing setauthsize() check. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS probability is negligible (0.02%), but the upstream fix is shipping across multiple stable trees.
Out-of-bounds MMIO read in the Linux kernel's ibmasm (IBM Advanced System Management) misc driver allows a compromised IBM service processor to read 8 bytes from unintended device registers or trigger a machine check exception (system crash) by writing an out-of-range queue reader/writer index before asserting an interrupt. The flaw resides in ibmasm_handle_mouse_interrupt() where raw readl() values are passed unchecked to get_queue_entry(), and is fixed by bounds-checking both indices against REMOTE_QUEUE_SIZE (60). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is negligible at 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds memory access in the Linux kernel's DAMON (Data Access MONitor) subsystem allows privileged local users to crash the kernel by supplying arbitrary node IDs to damos_quota_goal via DAMON_SYSFS. Affecting Linux 6.16 and fixed in 6.18.27, 7.0.4, and 7.1-rc1, the flaw stems from missing validation before si_meminfo_node()/NODE_DATA() lookups and is reproducible with the upstream 'damo' user-space tool. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low at 0.02%.
Local privilege escalation potential in the Linux kernel's Nouveau DRM driver stems from a 32-bit integer overflow in the pushbuf relocation bounds check (nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc_apply). Authenticated local users with access to the Nouveau GPU device node can bypass the size validation and trigger out-of-bounds writes against the buffer object, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.02%), but a vendor patch is available across multiple stable kernel branches.
Stack buffer overrun in the Linux kernel's pt5161l hwmon driver allows a malicious or malfunctioning I2C device to write up to 32 bytes into a 24-byte stack buffer during pt5161l_read_block_data(), corrupting kernel memory. The flaw affects Linux 6.9 through versions before the stable fixes, and a secondary bug causes the driver to process stale data as valid when retries are exhausted with a length mismatch. EPSS is very low (0.02%) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's ibmasm driver allows a local low-privileged user with write access to the ibmasm command character device to leak kernel heap memory to the IBM Advanced System Management service processor and potentially destabilize the host. The flaw resides in command_file_write(), which trusts attacker-controlled command_size/data_size header fields after allocating a buffer of arbitrary count, enabling get_dot_command_size() to return a value larger than the allocation. EPSS is 0.02% and no public exploit is identified at time of analysis; the issue is not on CISA KEV.
Heap out-of-bounds write in the Linux kernel UDF filesystem driver allows a local attacker to corrupt kernel memory by mounting a crafted UDF image containing repeated partition descriptors. The flaw stems from incorrect bookkeeping in handle_partition_descriptor() where appended slots never record partnum, causing duplicate descriptors to overflow the part_descs_loc[] table. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS scores the exploitation probability at only 0.02%.
Denial of service in the Linux kernel's RCU (Read-Copy-Update) subsystem allows a local condition to trigger an infinite recursion deadloop in rcu_read_unlock_special() when ftrace is enabled, leading to kernel hang or crash. The flaw stems from a missing recursion-protection flag when raise_softirq_irqoff() is invoked from the RCU unlock path, causing repeated re-entry through the softirq/trace stack. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS rates exploitation probability at 0.02%.
Kernel NULL pointer dereference in the Linux EROFS compressed filesystem driver allows a local user reading from an EROFS image to crash the system. The flaw lives in z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(), where compressed folios for ztailpacking pclusters are added to I/O chains before being validated; if inline-data reading fails (notably when a fatal signal interrupts read_mapping_folio()), decompression assumes the folios are valid and dereferences a NULL pointer. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is negligible (0.02%), and the issue is not in CISA KEV.
Heap buffer overflow read in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem driver allows local attackers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access by mounting or processing a maliciously crafted NTFS volume. The flaw resides in the DeleteIndexEntryRoot path of the do_action function, where an attacker-controlled entry size ('esize') bypasses bounds checks and causes memmove to operate on an unsigned-converted negative offset. EPSS scores exploitation probability at 0.03% (9th percentile) and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
Information disclosure in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem allows a local low-privileged user with BPF program load access to leak kernel memory contents. Incorrect memory-access flags on several ARG_PTR_TO_MEM helper prototypes (notably bpf_get_stack_proto_raw_tp) cause the verifier to wrongly assume helper-written buffers are unchanged, optimizing away subsequent reads and producing stale or uninitialized data that can expose kernel memory. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS risk is negligible (0.02%), and it is not in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds array access in the Linux kernel's Intel Discrete Graphics MTD driver (mtd_intel_dg.c) lets a local actor trigger kernel memory corruption when the driver enumerates NVM regions before nregions is initialized. The flaw, caught by UBSAN as an array-index-out-of-bounds at line 750, affects systems running kernel 6.17 through the pre-patch 6.18/6.19 series with Intel discrete graphics hardware. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is negligible (0.02%, 4th percentile).
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's AppArmor subsystem allows a local, low-privileged attacker to leak adjacent kernel memory and potentially crash the system when AppArmor parses a policy table built from possibly unaligned, userspace-supplied source data. The flaw stems from unaligned memory accesses during table creation in the policy loader and carries high confidentiality and availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile), consistent with a hard-to-reach local-only kernel hardening fix rather than a mass-exploitation target.
Local privilege escalation potential in the Linux kernel's AMD KFD (Kernel Fusion Driver) debug subsystem allows a local user with GPU access to trigger a buffer overflow in the watch_points array via a crafted watch_id value. The flaw stems from signed/unsigned integer mishandling in kfd_dbg_trap_clear_dev_address_watch(), where userspace-supplied watch_id values exceeding INT_MAX cause undefined bit shifts and out-of-bounds memory access. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS scores exploitation probability at only 0.02%.
Out-of-bounds kernel heap read in the Linux kernel's RDMA/uverbs subsystem allows local low-privileged users with access to InfiniBand/RDMA device nodes to leak kernel memory or trigger a denial-of-service WARNING by submitting a crafted ib_uverbs_post_send command with an undersized or oversized wqe_size value. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 7th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the bug is fixed upstream across multiple stable trees, so patched versions should be deployed where RDMA is exposed to untrusted local users.
Memory corruption in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver (amdgpu) arises because amdgpu_gmc_get_nps_memranges() releases buffers allocated by amdgpu_discovery_get_nps_info() with kfree() even though that memory may have been allocated via kvcalloc()/vmalloc(), corrupting the kernel allocator state. The flaw affects systems running AMD GPUs on kernels prior to the fixed stable releases (6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, and 7.0). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS risk is negligible (0.02%), and the issue was found via static analysis and code review rather than in-the-wild exploitation.
Denial of service in the Linux kernel's EFI unaccepted-memory handling allows a boot-time kernel panic on confidential-computing guests, affecting kernels from 6.6 through the 6.19/7.0 development line. The reserve_unaccepted() routine miscalculates the memblock reservation size when the unaccepted memory table is not page-aligned, leaving the table's tail unreserved so it can be overwritten or rendered inaccessible, triggering a panic in accept_memory(). It is observed on Intel TDX VMs with larger memory sizes (e.g. >64GB); there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is negligible (0.02%).
Heap buffer overflow in Tasmota IoT firmware (through version 15.3.0.3) lets a remote attacker corrupt heap memory by manipulating the Content-Length of a JPEG stream processed by the fetch_jpg() routine in the scripter driver. Because the length is stored in a 16-bit integer, values above 65535 wrap to a small number, so the firmware allocates an undersized buffer and then reads the full, larger payload into it. Publicly available exploit code exists (a dedicated GitHub repository), CISA's SSVC framework rates exploitation as proof-of-concept and automatable, but the issue is not in CISA KEV and no public active exploitation is identified.
Remote code execution in Tasmota firmware (v15.3.0.3 and all earlier releases) stems from an unbounded strcpy() into the fixed 40-byte jpg_task.boundary[40] buffer inside fetch_jpg() in the Scripter driver (xdrv_10_scripter.ino). A network attacker able to reach the device and trigger this code path can overflow the buffer and, per the vendor description, execute arbitrary code on the ESP-based device. Publicly available exploit code exists (a CVE-named GitHub repository), and CISA's SSVC framework rates exploitation as POC with the attack automatable; no active exploitation is confirmed.
Remote code execution in Tasmota firmware version 15.3.0.3 and earlier allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the fetch_jpg() function of the xdrv_10_scripter.ino scripting driver. The flaw is exposed over the network with low complexity and no privileges required (CVSS 7.3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), and a public proof-of-concept repository has been registered, though no public exploit code was identified in the references at time of analysis. EPSS probability is very low (0.05%, 15th percentile) and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local denial of service in the Linux kernel's BPF CO-RE relocation parser allows a process holding CAP_BPF to deterministically crash the system by loading a BPF program with a negative CO-RE accessor index. The flaw stems from bpf_core_parse_spec() in the libbpf relocation core accepting negative values from sscanf("%d") that bypass upper-bound checks due to integer promotion, ultimately driving an out-of-bounds read past the BTF members array. EPSS is negligible (0.01%) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; a kernel oops backtrace is published in the changelog but it serves as a crash reproducer rather than a weaponized exploit.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the UTT HiPER 1250GW router (firmware up to 3.2.7-210907-180535) lets a network-adjacent authenticated user corrupt memory by supplying an oversized 'Profile' argument to the /goform/formGroupConfig endpoint of the Web Management Interface. The CVSS 4.0 score is 7.4, and publicly available exploit code exists, though the EPSS probability is very low (0.04%, 13th percentile) and it is not on the CISA KEV list. Successful exploitation can crash the device or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution on the router's management plane.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the web management interface of the UTT HiPER 1250GW router (firmware through 3.2.7-210907-180535) lets a remote, low-privileged attacker corrupt memory by submitting an oversized Profile value to the /goform/formConfigFastDirectionW handler, which passes it to an unbounded strcpy. The CVSS 4.0 vector rates confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact as High, consistent with potential code execution or device crash. Publicly available exploit code exists per the VulDB submission, though EPSS is very low (0.04%, 13th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified as actively exploited.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the UTT HiPER 1200GW router's Web Management Interface lets an authenticated, network-adjacent attacker corrupt memory by submitting oversized values to the PPTP client configuration handler (/goform/formPptpClientConfig), affecting firmware up to 2.5.3-170306. A successful overflow can crash the device or potentially achieve code execution on the embedded gateway, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the device itself. Publicly available exploit code exists (CVSS 4.0 base 7.4), but the EPSS score is very low at 0.04% (13th percentile) and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Stack buffer overflow in the UTT HiPER 1200GW router (firmware up to 2.5.3-170306) lets a remote, low-privileged user crash the device or potentially execute arbitrary code by submitting oversized sysAdmUser or sysAdmPass values to the /goform/setSysAdm endpoint of the Web Management Interface. The flaw stems from an unbounded strcpy call, and publicly available exploit code exists, though EPSS rates near-term mass exploitation as very low (0.04%). No CISA KEV listing or vendor patch has been identified.
Arbitrary code execution in GDAL 3.1.0 through 3.13.0 arises from a stack-based buffer overflow in the netCDF driver's scanForGeometryContainers routine (frmts/netcdf/netcdfsg.cpp), which reads a geometry attribute into a fixed-size stack buffer without validating its length. An attacker who can get a GDAL-based service to parse a crafted NetCDF file containing an oversized geometry attribute can overflow the buffer and run code in the context of the process. Publicly available exploit code exists per the SSVC 'poc' status, but EPSS is very low (0.01%, 3rd percentile) and it is not on the CISA KEV list, so no active exploitation is confirmed.
Information disclosure and denial of service in GnuTLS (libgnutls) let a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap overread against TLS servers that perform legacy RSA key exchange using a private key backed by a PKCS#11 token. By sending an abnormally short premaster secret, the attacker causes the library to read beyond an allocated buffer (CWE-1284), which can leak a small amount of adjacent heap memory and, per the CVSS vector, more strongly impacts availability (A:H). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not in CISA KEV; EPSS and SSVC data were not provided.