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Buffer Overflow

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

How It Works

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

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

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

Impact

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

Real-World Examples

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

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

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

Mitigation

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

Recent CVEs (41353)

EPSS 13% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Apple +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +17
NVD
EPSS 69% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Mediaserver.exe in ALLMediaServer 1.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to TCP port 888, a related issue to CVE-2017-17932. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% 4.7 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s watch_queue event notification subsystem. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Linux +15
NVD VulDB
EPSS 12% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver +2
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Act Now

A Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SMA100 Apache httpd server's mod_cgi module environment variables allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to potentially execute code as a 'nobody'. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Apache Stack Overflow +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 29% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +5
NVD
EPSS 65% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 93.0.4577.82 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Lack of boundary checking of a buffer in set_skb_priv() of modem interface driver prior to SMR Oct-2021 Release 1 allows OOB read and it results in arbitrary code execution by dereference of invalid. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 78% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Delta Electronic DOPSoft 2 (Version 2.00.07 and prior) lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing specific project files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Dopsoft +1
NVD
EPSS 66% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Multiple camera devices by UDP Technology, Geutebrück and other vendors are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the action parameter, which may allow an attacker to remotely. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +17
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Apple +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Apple +2
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 15% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 98% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Realtek Jungle SDK version v2.x up to v3.4.14B provides an HTTP web server exposing a management interface that can be used to configure the access point. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Command Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Realtek Jungle SDK version v2.x up to v3.4.14B provides a diagnostic tool called 'MP Daemon' that is usually compiled as 'UDPServer' binary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Command Injection Rtl819X Jungle Software Development Kit +1
NVD
EPSS 31% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +14
NVD
EPSS 91% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft discovered a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the SolarWinds Serv-U product utilizing a Remote Memory Escape Vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Windows 10 1507 +15
NVD VulDB
EPSS 79% 6.9 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Fabric Operating System +21
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 59% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +15
NVD
EPSS 41% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R11.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user via maliciously crafted meeting room. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Code Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 51% 4.1 CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

In Arm Trusted Firmware M through 1.2, the NS world may trigger a system halt, an overwrite of secure data, or the printing out of secure data when calling secure functions under the NSPE handler. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 51.1%.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Trusted Firmware M +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 86% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC11 devices with firmware through 02.03.01.104_CN. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 70% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.128 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +3
NVD
EPSS 8% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +9
NVD
EPSS 64% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco Rv340 Firmware +3
NVD
EPSS 72% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Cisco Rv160W Firmware +8
NVD
EPSS 61% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, undisclosed requests to a virtual server may be. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall +14
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

An improper boundary check in DSP driver prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 allows out of bounds memory access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Samsung +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM POC KEV THREAT This Month

An incorrect implementation handling file descriptor in dpu driver prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 results in memory corruption leading to kernel panic. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 92% 8.0 CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability exploited by the Lazarus Group (North Korea) in campaigns targeting security researchers via social engineering and malicious websites in early 2021.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 90% 9.3 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Windows Win32k contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability enabling local privilege escalation to SYSTEM, exploited by the Bitter APT group in February 2021 for targeted espionage operations.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +9
NVD
EPSS 86% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Heap Overflow +5
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.150 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +5
NVD
EPSS 99% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via "sudoedit -s" and a command-line argument that ends. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Debian +31
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 22% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.185 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +1
NVD
EPSS 49% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +12
NVD
EPSS 51% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +10
NVD
EPSS 80% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Oracle +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 27% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.2
MEDIUM KEV PATCH THREAT This Month

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC Act Now

Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Free Pdf Editor +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 11% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Sophos XG Firewall 17.x through v17.5 MR12 allows a Buffer Overflow and remote code execution via the HTTP/S Bookmarks feature for clientless access. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Sophos +1
NVD
EPSS 19% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC KEV THREAT This Month

The Treck TCP/IP stack before 6.0.1.66 has an IPv6 Out-of-bounds Read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Dell +5
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +17
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple +3
NVD
EPSS 53% 6.0 CVSS 7.0
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Elevation of privilege in the Windows Win32k kernel-mode driver allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate to SYSTEM-level access by exploiting an out-of-bounds write triggered through the DrawIconEx API. Confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) with a publicly available proof-of-concept on Packet Storm, this flaw affects a sweeping range of Windows versions from Windows 7 through Windows 10 1909 and the full Windows Server ecosystem through 2019. The EPSS score of 52.78% at the 99th percentile aligns with documented real-world exploitation and places this well above typical local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in urgency.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +17
NVD VulDB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Microsoft +17
NVD
EPSS 65% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted multi-master font - Adobe Type 1 PostScript. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +18
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 69% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted multi-master font - Adobe Type 1 PostScript. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 36% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Amcrest cameras and NVR are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow over port 37777. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +19
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 100% 8.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol handles certain requests, aka 'Windows SMBv3 Client/Server Remote Code Execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft +4
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

In the ioctl handlers of the Mediatek Command Queue driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to insufficient input sanitization and missing SELinux restrictions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +32
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

In binder_transaction of binder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Google +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 16% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 89% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

OpenSMTPD before 6.6.4 allows remote code execution because of an out-of-bounds read in mta_io in mta_session.c for multi-line replies. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 78% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

CA Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft/UIM) 20.1, 20.3.x, and 9.20 and below contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the robot (controller) component. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Broadcom +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Apple +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 97% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption Red Hat +18
NVD
EPSS 51% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Anviz CrossChex access control management software 4.3.8.0 and 4.3.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Crosschex Anviz
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 56% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC KEV THREAT This Month

Out of bounds write in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.86 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 73% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Use After Free +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 49% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A remote SEH buffer overflow has been discovered in IntraSrv 1.0 (2007-06-03). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Intrasrv
NVD
EPSS 99% 7.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Buffer Overflow +27
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 42% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +7
NVD
EPSS 72% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

File Sharing Wizard 1.5.0 allows a remote attacker to obtain arbitrary code execution by exploiting a Structured Exception Handler (SEH) based buffer overflow in an HTTP POST parameter, a similar. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow File Sharing Wizard +1
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EPSS 53% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Microsoft Windows 10 1507 +15
NVD
EPSS 39% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTCP packets sent to a target phone number. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Google +5
NVD
EPSS 82% 6.9 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +1
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Grandstream GAC2500 1.0.3.35, GXP2200 1.0.3.27, GVC3202 1.0.3.51, GXV3275 before 1.0.3.219 Beta, and GXV3240 before 1.0.3.219 Beta devices allow unauthenticated remote code execution via shell. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Command Injection +7
NVD GitHub
EPSS 53% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

FTPGetter Standard v.5.97.0.177 allows remote code execution when a user initiates an FTP connection to an attacker-controlled machine that sends crafted responses. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 96% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router, and Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router could allow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Cisco +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 34% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Chrome +9
NVD
EPSS 60% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Integer overflow in computing the required allocation size when instantiating a new javascript object in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Chrome Google +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 19% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflows in Zahir Accounting Enterprise Plus 6 through build 10b allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CSV file that is accessed through the Import CSV. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Linux Integer Overflow +33
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