Integer Overflow
Integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation produces a result that exceeds the maximum value a given integer type can store.
How It Works
Integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation produces a result that exceeds the maximum value a given integer type can store. In C/C++, this causes the value to "wrap around" to a small number—for example, if a 32-bit unsigned integer at maximum value (4,294,967,295) has 1 added, it wraps to 0. Attackers exploit this by providing carefully crafted input values that, when used in calculations, produce unexpectedly small results.
The most dangerous scenario involves memory allocation. An attacker supplies large values that overflow during size calculations (often when adding header sizes, element counts, or alignment padding), producing a small allocation size. When the program later writes the originally intended large amount of data into this undersized buffer, a heap overflow occurs. For instance: size = user_count * sizeof(struct) + header might overflow if user_count is sufficiently large, resulting in malloc() allocating a tiny buffer that subsequent operations overflow.
Integer overflows also enable logic bypasses. Length checks can be circumvented when overflowed values appear to pass validation. Loop bounds may become incorrect, causing excessive iterations or premature termination. Signed integer overflow (technically undefined behavior in C/C++) can flip positive values to negative, bypassing security checks that assume non-negative numbers.
Impact
- Heap buffer overflow: Undersized allocations lead to memory corruption, enabling arbitrary code execution
- Authentication bypass: Overflowed counters or size checks may skip security validations
- Denial of service: Invalid memory operations cause crashes or infinite loops
- Information disclosure: Incorrect bounds allow reading beyond intended memory regions
- Privilege escalation: Combined with memory corruption, can compromise system integrity
Real-World Examples
The OpenSSH authentication bypass (CVE-2002-0639) involved an integer overflow in challenge-response handling where the number of responses could overflow, allowing authentication bypass. The overflow caused allocation of insufficient memory, which subsequent code exploited to execute arbitrary code.
ImageMagick suffered multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-3714 and related) where maliciously crafted image files with extreme dimension values caused size calculations to overflow. This resulted in small heap allocations followed by large writes, enabling remote code execution through image processing.
The Linux kernel's do_brk() function (CVE-2003-0961) contained an integer overflow when calculating memory region sizes. Attackers could wrap the size value to bypass length checks and map memory at arbitrary locations, achieving local privilege escalation.
Mitigation
- Safe arithmetic libraries: Use compiler intrinsics (
__builtin_add_overflow) or libraries (SafeInt, Rust's checked arithmetic) that detect overflow - Pre-calculation validation: Check that operands won't overflow before performing arithmetic operations
- Compiler protections: Enable
-ftrapv(GCC) or/RTCc(MSVC) to trap signed overflow; use UBSan for detection - Use larger types: Perform calculations in 64-bit integers when operands are 32-bit, verify result fits before casting down
- Input validation: Enforce maximum reasonable values on user input before arithmetic
- Modern languages: Use languages with overflow checking (Rust, Swift) or arbitrary precision integers (Python, Java BigInteger)
Recent CVEs (2762)
On High-End SRX Series devices, in specific configurations and when specific networking events or operator actions occur, an SPC receiving genuine multicast traffic may core. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the TXT record-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
GraphicsMagick before 1.3.35 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in HuffmanDecodeImage in magick/compress.c. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.2-47123. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In readCString of Parcel.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 66.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in JavaScript in Google Chrome on ChromeOS and Android prior to 80.0.3987.87 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.
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco FXOS Software, Cisco IOS XR Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An exploitable out of bounds read vulnerability exists in the way MiniSNMPD version 1.4 parses incoming SNMP packets. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 6.2.2 has a TIFF decoding integer overflow, related to realloc. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
libsixel 1.8.4 has an integer overflow in sixel_frame_resize in frame.c. 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.
An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
In libIEC61850 1.4.0, MmsValue_newOctetString in mms/iso_mms/common/mms_value.c has an integer signedness error that can lead to an attempted excessive memory allocation. 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.
Multiple memory corruption issues were 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.
Device memory may get corrupted because of buffer overflow/underflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Improper check in video driver while processing data from video firmware can lead to integer overflow and then buffer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Improper validation of event buffer extracted from FW response can lead to integer overflow, which will allow to pass the length check and eventually will lead to buffer overwrite when event data is. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Integer overflow in firmware for Intel(R) NUC(R) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
An exploitable heap underflow vulnerability exists in the derive_taps_and_gains function in kdu_v7ar.dll of Kakadu Software SDK 7.10.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
A vulnerability has been identified in SPPA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server (All versions). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Possible integer overflow while multiplying two integers of 32 bit in QDCM API of get display modes as there is no check on the maximum mode count in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Lack of check of data truncation on user supplied data in kernel leads to buffer overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice &. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.
make_arrow in arrow.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b allows a segmentation fault and out-of-bounds write because of an integer overflow via a large arrow type. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the DICOM network response functionality of LEADTOOLS libltdic.so version 20.0.2019.3.15. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the DICOM packet-parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS libltdic.so, version 20.0.2019.3.15. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 79.0.3945.79 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in libsixel 1.8.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in libsixel 1.8.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in libsixel 1.8.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
There is an overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.
In radare2 through 4.0, there is an integer overflow for the variable new_token_size in the function r_asm_massemble at libr/asm/asm.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Linux kernel through 5.3.13 has a start_offset+size Integer Overflow in cpia2_remap_buffer in drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_core.c because cpia2 has its own mmap implementation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
P30 smart phones with versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) have an integer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient check on specific parameters. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
P30 smart phones with versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) have an integer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient check on specific parameters. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.
An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the BMP header parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS 20. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An exploitable integer underflow vulnerability exists in the CMP-parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS 20. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Possible Integer overflow because of subtracting two integers without checking if the result would overflow or not in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
While processing vendor command which contains corrupted channel count, an integer overflow occurs and finally will lead to heap overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in Investintech Able2Extract Professional 4.0.7 x64. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An integer overflow was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. 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.
In libssh2 v1.9.0 and earlier versions, the SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT logic in packet.c has an integer overflow in a bounds check, enabling an attacker to specify an arbitrary (out-of-bounds) offset for a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an integer overflow that potentially causes a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted RGBA image,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. 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.
OpenSSH 7.7 through 7.9 and 8.x before 8.1, when compiled with an experimental key type, has a pre-authentication integer overflow if a client or server is configured to use a crafted XMSS key. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection module of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Imagination Technologies driver for Chrome OS before R74-11895.B, R75 before R75-12105.B, and R76 before R76-12208.0.0 allows attackers to trigger an Integer Overflow and gain privileges via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
An integer overflow in WhatsApp media parsing libraries allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds write on the heap via specially-crafted EXIF tags in WEBP images.19.143 and WhatsApp for. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In Bluetooth, there is a possible crash due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libFDK, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libMpegTPDec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libMpegTPDec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libFDK, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libAACdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
In MPEG4Extractor, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In Bluetooth, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
In libmediaextractor there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow vulnerability in LINE(Android) from 4.4.0 to the version before 9.15.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code via a specially. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Integer overflow vulnerability in apng-drawable 1.0.0 to 1.6.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
sysstat before 12.1.6 has memory corruption due to an Integer Overflow in remap_struct() in sa_common.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Kilo 0.0.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow because there is an integer overflow in a calculation involving the number of tabs in one row. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
In binder_transaction of binder.c in the Android kernel, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An integer overflow in whoopsie before versions 0.2.52.5ubuntu0.1, 0.2.62ubuntu0.1, 0.2.64ubuntu0.1, 0.2.66, results in an out-of-bounds write to a heap allocated buffer when processing large crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Clara Genomics Analysis before 0.2.0 has an integer overflow for cudapoa memory management in allocate_block.cpp. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
libZetta.rs through 0.1.2 has an integer overflow in the zpool parser (for error stats) that leads to a panic. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Various Lexmark products have an Integer Overflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
An issue was discovered in Suricata 4.1.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.