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Buffer Overflow

memory HIGH

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

How It Works

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

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

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

Impact

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

Real-World Examples

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

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

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

Mitigation

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

Recent CVEs (41331)

EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Windows Application Identity (AppID) Subsystem allows low-privileged authenticated users to execute code as SYSTEM via heap buffer overflow. Microsoft has released security patches across Windows 10 (versions 1607-22H2), Windows 11 (versions 22H3-26H1), and Windows Server 2012. CVSS 7.8 score reflects high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. EPSS data not available; no confirmed active exploitation or public POC identified at time of analysis. Requires existing local access with standard user privileges, limiting remote attack surface.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Windows Win32K graphics subsystem allows authenticated users to gain SYSTEM-level access via integer overflow exploitation. Affects all supported Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 versions. Microsoft has released patches through their March 2026 security update (MSRC guide confirms vendor-released fix). CVSS 7.8 reflects high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit code identified at time of analysis, and not listed in CISA KEV, indicating limited or no active exploitation despite the severity of potential impact.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) allows remote unauthenticated attackers on adjacent networks to execute arbitrary code with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability across multiple Windows versions. Microsoft released patches via their May 2026 security update. The vulnerability requires adjacent network access (same subnet/VLAN) but no authentication, user interaction, or special configuration, making it exploitable against default Windows installations where MSMQ service is enabled. EPSS data not available; no CISA KEV listing or public POC identified at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Windows Kernel across Windows 10, Windows 11 (versions 22H3 through 26H1), and Windows Server 2022 allows authenticated local attackers to gain SYSTEM-level privileges through heap corruption. Microsoft has released patches addressing this CWE-122 heap-based buffer overflow. EPSS data not available for risk quantification, and no CISA KEV listing indicates exploitation has not been publicly confirmed, though the vulnerability's low attack complexity (AC:L) and minimal prerequisites (PR:L) make it attractive for post-compromise privilege escalation in targeted attacks.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow Microsoft +11
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH POC PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft .NET Framework (versions 3.5 through 10.0) and Visual Studio 2017 occurs through heap-based buffer overflow exploitation requiring user interaction with a malicious file. Attackers without initial privileges can achieve high-level code execution and data access by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document or application. Microsoft has released patches across all affected .NET versions per MSRC advisory, indicating this is a vendor-confirmed issue requiring immediate remediation for systems where users process untrusted .NET content.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow Microsoft +14
NVD VulDB GitHub HeroDevs
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH This Week

Local privilege-driven data corruption in the Intel Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi before version 2.0.2 allows a privileged local adversary to trigger an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) in a Ring 1 device driver, causing denial of service and integrity loss. The flaw affects the vulnerable system's integrity and availability (both High) with no confidentiality impact, and carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.3. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is negligible at 0.01%.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Local privilege escalation in the Intel Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi before version 2.0.2 lets a privileged local user trigger a Ring 1 device-driver buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code and take total control of the host. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.3 with high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact on both the vulnerable and subsequent systems. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score is negligible at 0.01% (3rd percentile), consistent with the SSVC verdict of no known exploitation.

Privilege Escalation RCE Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH This Week

Local privilege-abusing denial of service and information disclosure in the Intel Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi before version 2.0.2 lets a privileged local user trigger an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the Ring 1 device-driver layer, potentially crashing the host and exposing adjacent memory. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.3 driven by high confidentiality and availability impact plus a scope change into subsequent systems. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is negligible (0.01%), and CISA SSVC rates exploitation as 'none' and non-automatable.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer underflow in YAML::Syck for Perl versions before 1.38 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger out-of-bounds memory reads when parsing specially crafted base60 (sexagesimal) YAML values. The vulnerability affects both integer and floating-point base60 handlers in perl_syck.h, where processing leftmost colon-separated segments causes a pointer to decrement past allocated buffer boundaries. EPSS exploitation probability is minimal (0.01%, 3rd percentile) with no active exploitation or public weaponized exploit identified. Vendor-released patch available in version 1.38, confirmed by CPANSec and upstream commit.

Buffer Overflow Red Hat Suse +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap buffer over-read in pam_authnft allows remote denial-of-service via crafted netlink messages. pam_authnft < 0.2.0-alpha contains a CWE-125 buffer over-read in the peer_lookup_tcp function when parsing NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG replies, allowing unauthenticated network attackers to trigger crashes by sending malformed netlink diagnostic messages that bypass message-size validation. This PAM module binds nftables firewall rules to authenticated sessions, so exploitation disrupts authentication infrastructure. Vendor-released patch: 0.2.0-alpha (GitHub PR #10). No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Pam Authnft
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 150.0.3 stems from a JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler miscompilation in the JavaScript engine, allowing remote attackers to trigger high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability when a user visits a malicious web page. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.8 and requires user interaction (loading attacker-controlled JavaScript), but no authentication. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though a GitHub repository referenced from NVD suggests early proof-of-concept research, and EPSS scores the exploitation probability at only 0.02% despite the high CVSS severity.

Buffer Overflow Mozilla
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in Siemens Solid Edge SE2026 allows arbitrary code execution when users open malicious PAR files. Attackers must deliver a weaponized PAR file and convince the user to open it, after which code executes with user's privileges. All versions prior to V226.0 Update 5 are vulnerable. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), but the attack relies on user interaction with a common CAD file format, making social engineering feasible in engineering/manufacturing environments.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Siemens +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH Monitor

Remote unauthenticated attackers can crash Zyxel NWA1100-N access points running customized firmware version 1.00(AACE.1)C0 by sending malformed HTTP requests that trigger buffer overflows in five distinct web server functions (formWep, formWlAc, formPasswordSetup, formUpgradeCert, formDelcert). The vulnerability enables denial-of-service attacks with high CVSS 7.5 severity but is limited to an end-of-life product according to Zyxel's reference documentation. No public exploit code identified at time of analysis, and EPSS data is unavailable for this recent CVE.

Buffer Overflow Zyxel
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in the barebox bootloader's EFI PE loader (efi/loader/pe.c) affects all versions prior to 2026.04.0, allowing an attacker who can supply a malicious EFI PE binary to trigger a heap buffer overflow or heap out-of-bounds read and potentially execute code in bootloader context. The flaw stems from a 32-bit integer overflow when computing the virtual image size and from missing bounds validation during PE section copy. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.01%, 2nd percentile), consistent with CISA SSVC rating exploitation as 'none', though the technical impact is rated total. Reported by VulnCheck; a vendor patch is available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap out-of-bounds write in libcaca 0.99.beta20 and earlier lets an attacker corrupt memory when a victim opens a maliciously crafted file in libcaca's native "caca" canvas format. An integer overflow in the canvas import/resize path (width * height) produces an undersized allocation followed by a controlled heap overflow, potentially enabling remote code execution depending on the build and allocator. This is a regression of CVE-2021-3410, whose original fix was incomplete; SSVC classifies exploitation as proof-of-concept with total technical impact, and EPSS is low at 0.06% - no public exploit identified at time of analysis and not on CISA KEV.

RCE Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in the barebox bootloader (all versions up to and including 2026.04.0) lets an attacker on the same broadcast domain crash the device by sending a crafted DHCP Offer or ACK packet that omits the 0xff end marker, triggering an out-of-bounds read in the dhcp_message_type() option parser. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires adjacent network access, and impact is limited to availability (a crash) rather than code execution or data theft. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and the EPSS probability is negligible (0.01%, 1st percentile).

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Barebox
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in macOS allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause system crashes and denial of service without user interaction. Affects macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.7.7 and macOS Tahoe versions prior to 26.5. Apple has released patches addressing the vulnerability through improved bounds checking. Despite network-based attack vector and low complexity (CVSS 7.5), EPSS score of 0.05% (15th percentile) indicates minimal observed exploitation activity, and CISA SSVC framework confirms no active exploitation detected. Automatable attack path suggests potential for scanning-based campaigns if exploited.

Buffer Overflow Apple Stack Overflow
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Process memory corruption in Apple's image processing subsystem across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS allows remote attackers to extract confidential data from process memory via crafted images. The vulnerability affects all Apple operating systems prior to their respective May 2026 security updates. CVSS vector indicates network-based, unauthenticated exploitation requiring no user interaction beyond processing the image, though the CVSS score focuses on confidentiality impact (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact. EPSS score of 0.02% suggests low observed exploitation likelihood, with no CISA KEV listing or public POC identified at time of analysis. Apple has released patches across all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Apple
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory-corruption in Apple's operating-system file-processing components (iOS/iPadOS before 18.7.9, macOS Sequoia before 15.7.7, macOS Tahoe before 26.5) lets a remote attacker cause a denial-of-service crash or leak fragments of process memory when a victim opens a maliciously crafted file. Rated CVSS 7.1, it is unauthenticated but requires user interaction to open the file. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is negligible (0.02%), and it is not on CISA KEV.

Buffer Overflow Apple Ios And Ipados
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in Apple operating systems allows malicious applications to crash the system or leak kernel memory across iOS/iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. The vulnerability requires local application execution but no user interaction, enabling information disclosure and denial-of-service attacks. Despite high CVSS 7.3 scoring, the EPSS probability is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile), indicating minimal observed exploitation activity. Vendor-released patches are available for all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in Safari's WebKit engine across all Apple platforms allows remote attackers to trigger information disclosure via maliciously crafted web content delivered through network-accessible attack vectors requiring no authentication or user interaction. Despite the vendor description focusing on crash scenarios, the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates high confidentiality impact with no availability impact, suggesting potential memory disclosure rather than denial of service. Patched in iOS/iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) suggests low probability of mass exploitation despite network-accessible attack vector.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Integer overflow in Apple operating systems allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash devices via maliciously crafted input, causing denial of service through system termination. Affects iOS/iPadOS versions prior to 18.7.9, macOS Sequoia prior to 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma prior to 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe prior to 26.5. Apple has released patches for all affected platforms. Despite the network attack vector and lack of authentication requirements (CVSS AV:N/PR:N), EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.02% (5th percentile), and no public exploits or active exploitation have been identified. Not listed in CISA KEV, suggesting limited real-world targeting.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Apple
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in WebKit across Apple platforms (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS) allows remote attackers to access sensitive information via malicious web content. CVSS vector indicates network-based exploitation requiring no user interaction or authentication (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), contradicting the description's 'process crash' outcome with the High Confidentiality impact rating. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) suggests low real-world exploitation probability. Vendor patches available for all affected platforms (version 26.5). SSVC framework rates this as automatable with partial technical impact but no observed exploitation.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in Apple's image processing framework across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS allows remote attackers to cause denial of service through process memory corruption. Despite the CVSS 7.5 (High) rating and network attack vector, the vulnerability is rated low priority with only 2% EPSS exploitation probability (5th percentile), indicating minimal real-world threat activity. Apple has released patches in version 26.5 across all affected platforms. No active exploitation or public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Apple Stack Overflow +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

WebKit memory corruption vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger denial-of-service process crashes across Apple's entire operating system ecosystem (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS) when processing maliciously crafted web content. Despite a CVSS score of 7.5 suggesting high confidentiality impact, the vendor description indicates only process crash (availability impact), representing a scoring discrepancy that requires clarification. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability, and vendor patches released across all affected platforms in version 26.5.

Buffer Overflow Apple
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote denial of service in Apple WebKit (iOS/iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, visionOS 26.5) allows unauthenticated network attackers to crash browser processes via maliciously crafted web content exploiting a memory handling flaw. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects network-based attack with no authentication required, though impact is limited to availability (process crash). EPSS score of 0.02% (4th percentile) indicates very low observed exploitation probability. SSVC assessment confirms no active exploitation, but marks it as automatable, suggesting potential for future weaponization in drive-by attacks. Apple has released patches across all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Apple
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in Apple operating systems allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service via malicious application. Apple has patched this vulnerability across all affected platforms (iOS/iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) in version 26.5 releases. Despite CVSS 7.5 HIGH rating, exploitation probability remains low (EPSS 2%, 5th percentile) with no public exploit code identified and no CISA KEV listing. The vulnerability is impact-limited to availability (denial-of-service) with no confidentiality or integrity compromise, though tags indicate potential information disclosure concerns that warrant verification against vendor advisories.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in macOS kernel allows local applications to terminate the system or write to kernel memory, affecting macOS Sequoia 15.x, Sonoma 14.x, and Tahoe 26.x. Apple has released security updates patching this vulnerability. Despite the CVSS vector indicating network-based attack (AV:N), the description specifies 'an app may be able to' which confirms local application context, indicating a vector/description inconsistency. EPSS score of 0.02% (4th percentile) suggests low probability of mass exploitation, and no active exploitation or public POC identified at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds write in Apple's file parsing component across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS enables remote code execution or denial of service via maliciously crafted files with no user interaction required. Exploitation probability is extremely low (EPSS 0.02%, 6th percentile) with no public exploit identified at time of analysis, despite the critical CVSS 7.3 score and network-based attack vector. Vendor patches available for all affected platforms (iOS/iPadOS 18.7.9, 26.5; macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, Sequoia 15.7.7, Tahoe 26.5). The CVSS vector indicating AV:N/PR:N/UI:N suggests automatic exploitation without user interaction, which contradicts the description's 'parsing a file' language - verify whether this requires user action to open/download the file or if background processes parse untrusted files automatically.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in Apple's image processing subsystem allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive process memory across all major Apple platforms (iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS). CVSS 7.5 indicates network-exploitable, no-interaction attack surface, yet EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) suggests low observed exploitation activity. Vendor-released patches available for all affected platforms as of March 2026. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), but the network attack vector and broad platform impact warrant priority patching for Apple ecosystem deployments.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in WebKit across Apple's ecosystem enables confidentiality breach via malicious web content without user interaction. Affects iOS/iPadOS versions prior to 18.7.9 and 26.5, macOS Tahoe prior to 26.5, and all Apple operating systems (tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) prior to 26.5. Despite CVSS 7.5 (High), the EPSS score of 0.03% (10th percentile) indicates minimal real-world exploitation likelihood at time of analysis. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), and no public exploit code identified. Apple has released patches across all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Information disclosure in Apple WebKit's web content processing engine allows remote attackers to read sensitive memory contents via maliciously crafted web pages. This buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-119) affects all major Apple platforms including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS prior to their respective patched versions. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indicates trivial network-based exploitation requiring no authentication or user interaction, though the impact is limited to confidentiality (C:H/I:N/A:N) rather than the process crash described by Apple. EPSS score of 0.03% (10th percentile) suggests low observed exploitation probability despite the ease of exploitation. No CISA KEV listing or public POC identified at time of analysis. Apple has released patches across all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to trigger application denial of service without authentication. Affects iOS/iPadOS, macOS (Sequoia, Sonoma, Tahoe), tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS across multiple versions. Vendor-released patches available for all affected platforms. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, with EPSS score of 0.12% (30th percentile) indicating low probability of widespread exploitation attempts. CVSS 7.5 reflects network-accessible unauthenticated attack causing high availability impact but limited to app termination rather than system-wide denial of service.

Buffer Overflow Apple Stack Overflow
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory-corruption crash in Apple's WebKit web-content engine lets a malicious website terminate the content-rendering process across iOS/iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS prior to the 26.5 (and 18.7.9) releases. The flaw is triggered simply by viewing attacker-controlled web content, requiring no authentication but one user action (opening a page). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC rates exploitation as none, though the assigned CVSS 8.8 reflects worst-case memory-corruption potential rather than the crash-only behavior Apple documents.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory-safety corruption (CWE-119) in Apple's web content engine allows a remote attacker who lures a victim to a malicious page to crash the WebKit rendering process across iOS/iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS. Reported by Apple and fixed in iOS/iPadOS 18.7.9 and 26.5 and the 26.5 releases of the other platforms; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is very low (0.03%), and CISA SSVC records exploitation status as none. Note a signal conflict: the NVD vector claims full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H) while Apple's description substantiates only 'an unexpected process crash.'

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory corruption in Apple macOS image processing allows a remote attacker to corrupt process memory by delivering a maliciously crafted image to an affected system, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure. The flaw affects macOS Sequoia before 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma before 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe before 26.5, and was fixed by Apple with improved memory handling. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS risk is negligible (0.02%, 4th percentile), and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Buffer Overflow Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in Apple operating systems (iOS/iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) allows a locally-installed malicious or malformed app to trigger a buffer overflow (CWE-120) that causes unexpected system termination. Impact is availability-only with no confirmed code execution or data disclosure. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is very low (0.03%), and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; Apple has released fixes across all affected platforms.

Buffer Overflow Apple Tvos +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution and denial of service in Neat VNC library version <0.9.6 allows unauthenticated network attackers to overflow a 1024-byte stack buffer during RSA-AES security handshake. An attacker sends a crafted VNC security type 5 or 129 message with an oversized client RSA public key, triggering a stack buffer overflow in rsa_aes_send_challenge() when the server encrypts its challenge response. CVSS 8.1 (High) with network attack vector, low complexity, and no authentication required. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability is trivial to trigger based on the patch diff showing a simple size validation check addition.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Neatvnc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote denial-of-service and limited information disclosure in dnsmasq's extract_addresses() function allows attackers controlling or able to inject DNS responses to crash the daemon by sending a malformed DNS record whose declared rdlen pushes extract_name() past the record boundary, triggering a heap out-of-bounds read. The flaw affects dnsmasq 2.93 and downstream packages from Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and Pi-hole FTL. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS exploitation probability is 0.03% (9th percentile), and CISA SSVC rates exploitation as 'none' with only partial technical impact.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Dnsmasq
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq's DHCPv6 implementation enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Affects dnsmasq 2.93 (and potentially earlier 2.92 branch based on NixOS patching activity). CERT/CC issued VU#471747, and upstream published CVE-specific advisory at thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CVE/. NixOS patch activity (PR #519082, #519093) indicates real-world remediation effort. No CISA KEV listing or public POC identified at time of analysis, suggesting limited active exploitation despite high CVSS 8.4 score.

RCE Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap buffer overflow in dnsmasq's extract_name() function allows remote attackers to write out-of-bounds on the heap, enabling DNS cache poisoning that redirects lookups to attacker-controlled IP addresses or causes denial of service. The flaw stems from a bigname namebuffer sized for wire-form domain names (MAXDNAME) instead of the larger escaped internal representation (MAXDNAME*2 + 1). EPSS is low (0.03%, 9th percentile) with no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but multiple major distributions (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu) have shipped patches reflecting widespread downstream exposure.

Buffer Overflow Dnsmasq
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% 5.1 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH Act Now

Buffer overflow in Linux kernel rxrpc subsystem allows local authenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of shared fragment memory in DATA and RESPONSE packet processing, where the kernel fails to unshare externally-owned page fragments before in-place decryption operations. This creates a buffer overflow condition (CWE-787) exploitable by local users with low privileges. Patches are available for kernel versions 6.18.29, 7.0.6, and 7.1-rc3. EPSS and KEV status not provided in available data.

Buffer Overflow Linux Memory Corruption
NVD VulDB GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

Buffer overflow in D-Link DCS-935L camera firmware versions up to 1.10.01 allows authenticated remote attackers to achieve complete system compromise via crafted AdminPassword parameter to the HNAP service. Public exploit code exists on GitHub (0xcc12138/DCS-935L-HNAP-Service-CVE), demonstrating weaponization of this vulnerability. CVSS 4.0 score of 7.4 with CVSS:4.0/E:P confirms proof-of-concept exploitation. While authentication is required (PR:L), the low attack complexity (AC:L) and network attack vector (AV:N) combined with publicly available exploit code make this a practical remote exploitation risk for devices exposed to untrusted networks or compromised accounts.

Buffer Overflow D-Link Dcs 935L +1
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds heap read in XML::LibXML for Perl (all versions through 2.0210) allows remote attackers to trigger denial-of-service crashes by supplying XML node names with truncated UTF-8 sequences. The parser fails to validate multi-byte UTF-8 boundaries in node names, reading past allocated memory into adjacent heap regions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, with EPSS score of 0.01% indicating very low observed exploitation probability. Vendor-released patch available via upstream commit 15652bd9.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in ipTIME A8004T router firmware 14.18.2 enables authenticated remote attackers to achieve complete system compromise via malformed WiFi configuration requests. The vulnerability exists in the formWifiBasicSet function's handling of the security_5g parameter. Public exploit code (GitHub POC) increases exploitation risk, though EPSS data and active exploitation status are not available. Vendor (EFM Networks) has not responded to disclosure or released a patch.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Iptime A8004T +1
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflow in PgBouncer before 1.25.2 lets a malicious or impersonated PostgreSQL backend corrupt the pooler's memory during SCRAM authentication. Because the SCRAM code ignores the truncation return value of strlcat() while assembling the client-final-message, a backend that replies with an over-long SCRAM server-final-message nonce overruns a stack buffer, enabling a crash and potentially code execution in the PgBouncer process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, it is not in CISA KEV, and EPSS is very low (0.02%), but SSVC rates the technical impact as total.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Pgbouncer +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Integer overflow in Rust crate smallbitvec allows heap buffer overflow through safe API calls when capacity values approach usize::MAX. The vulnerability affects versions 1.0.1 through 2.6.0 and enables memory corruption without requiring unsafe code blocks, violating Rust's memory safety guarantees. Publicly available exploit code exists with working proof-of-concept demonstrating ASAN-detectable heap corruption. CVSS 7.3 reflects local attack vector, but the vulnerability is notable because it breaks Rust's core safety model by achieving undefined behavior through safe APIs alone.

Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's netfilter nft_set_pipapo subsystem allows local low-privileged attackers to read 4 bytes past the end of a stack-allocated rulemap array via pipapo_drop(). The flaw was confirmed by KASAN and affects kernels from 5.6 onward until the fixed stable releases. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is very low (0.02%, 7th percentile), but the CVSS 7.1 score reflects the potential for kernel memory disclosure and availability impact.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's netfilter nfnetlink_cthelper subsystem allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger an 8-byte OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() by racing helper deletion against a netlink dump operation. The flaw stems from a misplaced 'goto restart' that bypasses the for-loop bounds check when cb->args[0] equals nf_ct_helper_hsize, as detected by KASAN. EPSS is 0.02% and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though a detailed reproducer call trace exists in the commit message.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's NVMe PCI driver (nvme_dbbuf_set) allows a local attacker to trigger a slab-out-of-bounds memory access during NVMe controller reset, potentially leading to denial of service or information disclosure. The flaw stems from an incorrect loop bound that iterates past dev->online_queues, reading from kmalloc-2k slab memory belonging to adjacent allocations. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score of 0.02% reflects a low probability of opportunistic exploitation.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's USB CDC-WDM (Communication Device Class - Wireless Device Management) driver allows a local low-privileged attacker to disclose uninitialized kernel memory and potentially crash the host through a memory-ordering race between desc->length updates and a memmove() in the read path. The flaw stems from compiler reordering or CPU out-of-order execution that can cause wdm_read() to observe an updated length before the corresponding data is fully copied, leading copy_to_user() to operate on uninitialized memory. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 7th percentile), there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not on the CISA KEV list.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Integer overflow in Linux kernel's libceph authentication handler enables remote memory corruption and potential system crash against unpatched systems. A malicious Ceph monitor can send a specially crafted CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY message with payload_len exceeding INT_MAX, causing ceph_handle_auth_reply() to underflow a pointer and trigger out-of-bounds memory access. This allows remote unauthenticated attackers to potentially read sensitive kernel memory (high confidentiality impact) or crash the kernel (high availability impact) on systems using Ceph storage. CVSS 9.1 (Critical) reflects network attack vector with no authentication or user interaction required. EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) suggests low observed exploitation likelihood. Vendor patches available for all affected kernel series (5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0), but no active exploitation confirmed via CISA KEV.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Out-of-bounds memory reads in Linux kernel's libceph messaging layer allow remote unauthenticated attackers to disclose kernel memory or trigger denial-of-service via malformed Ceph protocol frames. The vulnerability exists in process_message_header() when message frames are corrupted to make the control segment length smaller than the message header size, bypassing length validation. Vendor patches available for stable kernel versions 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, and mainline 7.0. EPSS score of 0.02% and no KEV listing suggest limited real-world exploitation observed despite network-accessible attack vector and unauthenticated access. Critical CVSS score of 9.1 reflects worst-case impact (high confidentiality and availability risk) if Ceph storage networking is exposed.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs staging Wi-Fi driver allows a local authenticated attacker to read memory beyond the WMM IE buffer and potentially crash the kernel. The flaw resides in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie(), which accesses in_ie[i+5] before validating that the index is within in_len. EPSS is 0.02% (7th percentile) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but a vendor-released patch is available across multiple stable branches.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack buffer overflow in the Linux kernel's pmbus/q54sj108a2 hwmon driver allows local privileged users to corrupt kernel stack memory by reading from a specific debugfs entry. The flaw stems from a misuse of bin2hex() that writes 64 bytes of hex-encoded output into a 34-byte stack buffer, overflowing it by 30 bytes; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is negligible at 0.03% (9th percentile).

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Integer overflow in Linux kernel's i915 graphics driver corrupts memory mapping for DRM/GEM shmem objects larger than 4GB, causing kernel warnings, potential crashes, and incorrect memory access when Intel graphics hardware processes large buffer objects. The vulnerability manifests when scatterlist length fields overflow during folio page allocation, leading to premature termination of backing page iteration. Patch available across multiple stable kernel branches (6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0) per upstream commits. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability, and no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Linux Intel
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

In-place encryption in the Linux kernel's SMB client corrupts write payloads during retry attempts, potentially causing data integrity loss and denial of service when SMB connections experience transient failures. The flaw affects SMB3 encrypted writes where the encryption process modifies the original buffer in place; on replayable errors (like network interruptions), retries re-send already-encrypted data as if it were plaintext, resulting in double-encryption and corrupted writes. This particularly impacts special file operations (SFU mknod, MF symlinks) and sync writes on pre-6.10 kernels. Patches are available across multiple stable kernel branches (6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0). EPSS score is very low (0.01%), indicating minimal observed exploitation likelihood, and no active exploitation or public POC is documented.

Buffer Overflow Linux Memory Corruption
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Buffer overflow in the Linux kernel's CAAM crypto driver allows local authenticated attackers to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability occurs when HMAC keys exceeding the algorithm's block size are processed - the driver allocates DMA-aligned memory but uses kmemdup() to copy only the actual key length, then reads beyond the source buffer boundary during hashing. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates low predicted exploitation likelihood. Patches are available across multiple stable kernel branches (6.6.134, 6.12.81, 6.18.22, 6.19.12, 7.0) via upstream commits, with fixes applied since kernel 6.3 introduced the vulnerable code.

Buffer Overflow Linux Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation and host compromise in the Xen hypervisor arises from a race condition (XSA-486) in grant table v2 status page mapping, where concurrent operations on the shared grant status frame can be exploited by a malicious or buggy guest to corrupt host memory state. A cooperating pair of guests (or a guest coordinating grant operations) can win the race to gain confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact that crosses the guest/host boundary (scope change). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is negligible (0.01%), consistent with a high-complexity, local-only race that is difficult to weaponize.

Buffer Overflow Linux Race Condition +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda CX12L router firmware 16.03.53.12 allows authenticated remote attackers to achieve full system compromise via the PPTP server configuration interface. The vulnerability resides in the formSetPPTPServer function within /goform/SetPptpServerCfg and is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. A public proof-of-concept exploit exists on GitHub, significantly lowering the barrier to exploitation, though CISA has not yet added this to the KEV catalog indicating no confirmed widespread active exploitation at this time.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow Tenda
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

Buffer overflow in Totolink X5000R 9.1.0u.6369_B20230113 router firmware allows authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted submit-url parameter to /boafrm/formDdns endpoint. Public exploit code exists (GitHub). CVSS 7.4 indicates high severity but requires authenticated access (PR:L), limiting immediate risk to environments where router credentials are compromised. EPSS data not available; prioritize if router exposed to internet or untrusted networks.

Buffer Overflow TOTOLINK X5000R
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Stack buffer overflow in kosma minmea 0.3.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause denial of service through crafted NMEA field data. The minmea_scan function's format specifier copies data to caller-provided buffers without size validation, enabling memory corruption when processing untrusted NMEA GPS sentences. CVSS 7.5 (High) with network attack vector and low complexity, though impact is currently limited to availability (DoS). Public exploit demonstration exists via GitHub Gist reference. EPSS data not available, not listed in CISA KEV at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow N A
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EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in nanoMODBUS v1.22.0 and earlier allows malicious Modbus TCP servers to execute arbitrary code on clients via oversized responses. When client applications call nmbs_read_holding_registers() or nmbs_read_input_registers(), the library fails to validate byte_count before writing server data to the caller's buffer, enabling up to 248 bytes of controlled overflow. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), but proof-of-concept code is publicly available and the vulnerability is automatable (SSVC) with network attack vector (CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N). EPSS data not provided, but the combination of public POC, low complexity, and RCE potential warrants immediate attention for systems using nanoMODBUS as a client.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Firefox 150.0.1 enable potential remote code execution through memory safety flaws in the browser engine. Mozilla's advisory references 10 distinct bugs demonstrating memory corruption, which with sufficient exploitation effort could allow arbitrary code execution. Firefox 150.0.2 addresses these vulnerabilities. CVSS rates this 7.5 High (network-exploitable, no authentication required), though the vector indicates only availability impact, contradicting the RCE assessment in Mozilla's advisory. SSVC framework confirms no active exploitation and partial technical impact.

RCE Buffer Overflow Mozilla
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EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox allow remote code execution through browser rendering engine flaws. Firefox ESR 115.35.1, Firefox ESR 140.10.1, and Firefox 150.0.1 contain memory safety bugs with evidence of memory corruption that could enable arbitrary code execution. Fixed versions are available (Firefox 150.0.2, Firefox ESR 140.10.2, Firefox ESR 115.35.2). EPSS score of 0.01% indicates very low exploitation probability in the wild, and SSVC framework shows no confirmed exploitation and non-automatable attacks. Despite high CVSS 8.1, real-world exploitation requires significant complexity (AC:H), reducing immediate risk for most environments.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR 3.0.0-3.4.10 allows remote attackers to trigger information disclosure and denial of service by sending malformed EXR image files containing manipulated prefix-compressed strings in IDManifest structures. The vulnerability bypasses bounds checking when reconstructing strings longer than 255 bytes, reading memory outside allocated buffers. EPSS data not available; no public exploit confirmed at time of analysis. Patches released in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Openexr +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Integer overflow in OpenEXR ImageChannel::resize function enables heap buffer overflow through crafted EXR files processed via the OpenEXRUtil public API. Affects OpenEXR versions 3.0.0-3.2.8, 3.3.0-3.3.10, and 3.4.0-3.4.10 from the Academy Software Foundation's motion picture image format library. Vendor-released patches in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11 add overflow validation before pixel buffer allocation. CVSS 8.8 with network vector but requires user interaction (opening malicious file). No public exploit or active exploitation identified at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Openexr +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 15% 5.3 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal (Captive Portal) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls via specially crafted packets. CISA KEV confirms active exploitation in the wild with publicly available exploit code. EPSS risk assessment is not provided, but the vulnerability achieves maximum impact with minimal attack complexity (CVSS 9.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N), making this a critical priority for immediate remediation. The attack surface is significantly reduced when access to the portal is restricted to trusted internal networks per vendor best practices.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +5
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution within Chrome's sandbox affects all versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 through an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the AdFilter component. Attackers can execute arbitrary code by delivering a specially crafted HTML page, requiring only that a user visit the malicious page. Chrome has released version 148.0.7778.96 to address this vulnerability. No evidence of active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) or public proof-of-concept code at time of analysis, though the vulnerability's network-based attack vector and low complexity make it a realistic exploitation target once technical details become public.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds read in Chrome's codec implementation allows remote attackers to extract potentially sensitive data from process memory by delivering a malicious media file. Affects Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.96. The vulnerability requires user interaction (opening or playing a crafted file) but operates over the network. Google rated this as Medium severity within the Chromium security framework.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Chrome +3
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EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Integer overflow in Chrome's Dawn graphics API (WebGPU) enables sandbox escape on Windows systems when users visit attacker-controlled web pages. Affects all Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 on Windows platforms. Vendor-released patch available in Chrome 148.0.7778.96 (confirmed by Google Stable Channel release). CVSS 8.8 reflects high impact but requires user interaction. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing identified at time of analysis, indicating targeted or proof-of-concept stage exploitation risk rather than widespread active exploitation.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution in Google Chrome's Media component on macOS and iOS versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by exploiting an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Attack requires the compromised renderer process prerequisite plus user interaction with a malicious HTML page. CVSS rates this 8.8 (High) due to network attack vector and no authentication required, though exploitation remains constrained by the sandbox boundary and requires initial renderer compromise. Vendor-released patch available in Chrome 148.0.7778.96. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public exploit code identified at time of analysis.

RCE Buffer Overflow Chrome +5
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution within Chrome's sandbox affects all versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 through an out-of-bounds write in the WebRTC component. Attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution by convincing users to visit a specially crafted HTML page, though execution remains confined to Chrome's sandbox. EPSS data not available for this recent CVE (May 2026). Vendor-released patch version 148.0.7778.96 addresses the vulnerability with Chromium security severity rated Medium despite 8.8 CVSS score.

RCE Buffer Overflow Chrome +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Renderer sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 leverages an out-of-bounds write in the Skia graphics library. An attacker who has already compromised Chrome's renderer process through other means (such as a separate browser vulnerability) can deliver a specially crafted HTML page to break out of Chrome's security sandbox, gaining elevated code execution on the underlying operating system. EPSS data not available; no CISA KEV listing identified. Google has released Chrome 148.0.7778.96 addressing this high-severity flaw, classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) affecting the Skia graphics rendering engine.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Integer overflow in Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer (Mac/Windows) enables heap corruption via malicious web pages. Remote attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking users into visiting crafted HTML content. Google patched this in Chrome 148.0.7778.96, marking it high severity. Users must interact with the malicious page, but no authentication is required. EPSS data not available; no CISA KEV listing indicates exploitation not yet confirmed in the wild, though the Chromium bug tracker may contain additional context.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution within Chrome's V8 sandbox affects all versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 when users visit malicious web pages. The out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in V8 JavaScript engine enables arbitrary code execution with user interaction (visiting crafted HTML), rated high severity by Chromium team. EPSS and KEV data not available, but Google confirmed the vulnerability and released patches. Attack complexity is low (CVSS AC:L) with no authentication required, making this exploitable at scale once proof-of-concept becomes public.

RCE Buffer Overflow Chrome +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap buffer overflow in Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer enables sandbox escape for attackers who have already compromised the renderer process, requiring user interaction with a malicious webpage. Chrome 148.0.7778.96 patches this High-severity vulnerability. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), and CVSS 8.3 reflects the Changed scope indicating successful sandbox breakout - a critical security boundary failure that elevates renderer compromise to broader system access.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds memory access in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine enables remote code execution within the browser sandbox when users visit malicious websites. Affects all Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.96 across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Google released patches in the stable channel update (build 148.0.7778.96) per May 2026 advisory. No active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis, but CVSS 8.8 indicates high severity and the vulnerability requires only user interaction (visiting a crafted webpage) with no authentication needed.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap corruption in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted HTML page exploiting an integer overflow in the Blink rendering engine. The vulnerability requires user interaction (visiting a malicious webpage) but no authentication, enabling drive-by attacks against default Chrome installations. Google has assigned this a Critical severity rating and released version 148.0.7778.96 to address the issue. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public POC has been identified at time of analysis, though the technical details are publicly documented in the Chromium issue tracker.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in WatchGuard Agent discovery service on Windows enables adjacent attackers without authentication to crash the agent via crafted network packets. CVSS 7.1 (High) reflects adjacent network attack vector with high integrity impact. The vulnerability targets the discovery service component used for agent enrollment and network communication. No CISA KEV listing or public exploit code identified at time of analysis, though the local network attack vector limits exposure to adjacent attackers.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Stack Overflow +2
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.7
HIGH This Week

Cisco SG350 and SG350X managed switches can be remotely crashed via crafted SNMP requests, forcing unexpected device reloads. Authenticated attackers with valid SNMP credentials (read-only or read-write community strings for SNMPv1/v2c, or user credentials for SNMPv3) can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in SNMP response parsing. Cisco confirmed this vulnerability affects all three SNMP versions (v1, v2c, v3) and published advisory cisco-sa-sg350-snmp-dos-GEFZr2Tj. EPSS and KEV status not provided in available data; exploitation requires network access with low complexity but does require valid SNMP authentication.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Heap Overflow +1
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EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

Heap buffer overflow in MongoDB C Driver's Cyrus SASL integration allows local attackers to achieve code execution before authentication by providing a maliciously crafted username in a MongoDB URI with GSSAPI authentication. The vulnerability triggers during username canonicalization via unsafe string copying, requiring no privileges or user interaction. Exploitable against any application using the affected driver that processes untrusted MongoDB connection strings. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV). EPSS data not provided. Vendor has acknowledged the issue via JIRA tracking (CDRIVER-6134).

Buffer Overflow Mongodb C Driver Mongodb Inc
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Stack-based buffer overflow in WatchGuard Agent's discovery service allows adjacent network attackers to crash the agent service without authentication. Affects Windows installations prior to version 1.25.03.0000. Vendor patch released addressing the vulnerability. SSVC framework indicates no active exploitation observed and manual exploitation required. While CVSS 7.1 (High) reflects network-adjacent access with high availability impact, actual risk is limited to denial-of-service - no code execution or data compromise possible per the CVSS vector (VC:N/VI:N/VA:H).

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Stack Overflow +2
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds memory access in the Linux kernel's mailbox subsystem allows a local low-privileged attacker to read adjacent kernel memory or crash the system by exercising the default fw_mbox_index_xlate() translation function. The flaw affects platforms whose device tree declares '#mbox-cells = <0>' on a mailbox controller that supplies neither an fw_xlate nor of_xlate handler, so the generic index translator runs without a bounds check. EPSS is negligible (0.02%, 7th percentile) and no public exploit has been identified, but a stable-tree patch is available across multiple kernel branches.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local authenticated attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds kernel memory read in Linux kernel's xe graphics driver (6.18-6.19.x) via malicious pat_index values in the madvise IOCTL. This allows information disclosure from kernel memory and potential denial of service through kernel crashes. The vulnerability exists because madvise_args_are_sane() fails to validate pat_index bounds before passing it to xe_pat_index_get_coh_mode(), which performs unsafe array access into xe->pat.table. Vendor patches available for kernels 6.18.16+ and 6.19.6+ implement bounds checking with array_index_nospec() to prevent both direct exploitation and Spectre-based side-channel attacks. EPSS score of 0.02% indicates low observed exploitation probability, and no public exploit or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds buffer writes in Linux kernel ALSA USB audio subsystem allow local authenticated attackers to crash the kernel or potentially achieve privilege escalation. The flaw occurs during implicit feedback mode playback when stream configurations mismatch between capture and playback, causing the prepare_silent_urb() function to write beyond allocated buffer boundaries. Affects all Linux kernel versions from initial commit 1da177e4c3f4 through multiple stable branches; vendor patches available for 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, and mainline 7.0. EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.02%, 7th percentile), and no public exploits or active exploitation confirmed.

Buffer Overflow Linux Memory Corruption
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds memory access in Linux kernel's Microchip IPC mailbox driver allows local attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with high integrity and confidentiality impact. The mchp-ipc-sbi driver incorrectly indexes a dynamically allocated cluster configuration array using non-contiguous hardware thread IDs (hartid) instead of sequential CPU IDs, causing reads/writes beyond array bounds on systems where hartid values exceed the number of online CPUs. Vendor patches available for stable kernel series 6.18.16, 6.19.6, and mainline 7.0. EPSS score of 0.02% suggests low probability of mass exploitation despite high CVSS severity, with no active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation and memory corruption in Linux kernel on Alpha architecture allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code, corrupt heap memory, or crash systems via insufficient TLB shootdown during memory compaction. The vulnerability affects Alpha systems exclusively and manifests as SIGSEGV crashes, glibc allocator corruption, and compiler failures. EPSS score of 0.02% indicates low likelihood of widespread exploitation, though vendor patches are available across multiple stable kernel branches. Attack requires local authenticated access with low complexity (CVSS AV:L/AC:L/PR:L), limiting remote exploitation scenarios.

Buffer Overflow Linux Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Out-of-bounds memory access in Linux kernel Qualcomm Camera Subsystem (camss) allows local authenticated users to achieve arbitrary code execution, data corruption, or denial of service. The vfe_isr() function iterates beyond the bounds of the vfe->line[] array (size 4) using a loop count of 7, enabling access to memory at offsets +4, +5, and +6. Vendor patches available across multiple stable branches (6.1.167, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0). EPSS score 0.02% (7th percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability; no active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV).

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Kernel memory corruption in the Linux ChipIdea USB Device Controller (UDC) driver arises when a USB peripheral is disconnected mid-transfer and later reconnected. The _ep_nuke() teardown path returns in-flight requests to the gadget layer with status -ESHUTDOWN but without unmapping DMA buffers or cleaning up scatter-gather bounce buffers, leaving stale num_mapped_sgs and sgt.sgl values; if the gadget driver reuses the request, _hardware_enqueue() skips DMA mapping and operates on freed/invalid DMA addresses (CWE-787 out-of-bounds write). Impact is local with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability effect (CVSS 7.8); EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

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