Weakness (CWE)
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
The product writes past the end of a buffer that was allocated on the heap.
How to prevent it (7 mitigations)
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Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
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Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
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Operation, Build and Compilation
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking.
D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND [REF-1334] discusses canary-based detection in detail.
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Operation, Build and Compilation
Run or compile the software using features or extensions that randomly arrange the positions of a program's executable and libraries in memory. Because this makes the addresses unpredictable, it can prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to exploitable code.
Examples include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) [REF-58] [REF-60] and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) [REF-64]. Imported modules may be similarly realigned if their default memory addresses conflict with other modules, in a process known as "rebasing" (for Windows) and "prelinking" (for Linux) [REF-1332] using randomly generated addresses. ASLR for libraries cannot be used in conjunction with prelink since it would require relocating the libraries at run-time, defeating the whole purpose of prelinking.
For more information on these techniques see D3-SAOR (Segment Address Offset Randomization) from D3FEND [REF-1335].
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Implementation
Implement and perform bounds checking on input.
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Implementation
Do not use dangerous functions such as gets. Look for their safe equivalent, which checks for the boundary.
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Operation
Use OS-level preventative functionality. This is not a complete solution, but it provides some defense in depth.
Source: MITRE CWE-122
4,087 results · Feed
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Medium 5.8
Insufficient data validation in Storage in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compr…
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
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Critical 9.6
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Low 3.7
Ruby JSON: JSON generator heap buffer overflow when streaming to an IO
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Medium 5.6
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A security flaw has been discovered in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. This impacts the function pcpp::ModbusLayer::getLength in the library Packet++/header/ModbusLayer.h of the component Modbus Protocol Handler. The manipulation of the argument length results in …
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High 7.3
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A flaw was found in libtiff. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted PixarLog-compressed TIFF image. This issue occurs when decoding Pixarlog codec images with the PIXARLOGDATAFMT_8BITABGR output format and a specif…
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Medium 5.6
seladb PcapPlusPlus Telnet Subnegotiation Packet TelnetLayer.cpp getSubCommand heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was identified in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. This affects the function pcpp::TelnetLayer::getSubCommand of the file Packet++/src/TelnetLayer.cpp of the component Telnet Subnegotiation Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer…
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Medium 5.6
seladb PcapPlusPlus TLS Hello SSLHandshake.cpp getHandshakeVersion heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was determined in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The impacted element is the function pcpp::SSLClientHelloMessage::getHandshakeVersion of the file Packet++/src/SSLHandshake.cpp of the component TLS Hello Handler. Executing a manipulation of the ar…
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Low 3.7
seladb PcapPlusPlus LightPcapNg light_pcapng.c parse_by_block_type heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was found in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The affected element is the function parse_by_block_type of the file light_pcapng.c of the component LightPcapNg Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument captured_packet_length results in heap-b…
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Low 3.3
llvm llvm-project Bitcode File IntrinsicInst.cpp getBasePtr heap-based overflow
A vulnerability was determined in llvm llvm-project up to 22.1.6. This impacts the function GCRelocateInst::getBasePtr in the library llvm/lib/IR/IntrinsicInst.cpp of the component Bitcode File Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. It …
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High 7.5
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High 7.5
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.5
RTKLIB 2.4.3 - Heap Buffer Overflow and Stack Read via Oversized RINEX Epoch Satellite Count
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High 8.1
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High 7.5
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High 7.8
Bluetooth: hci_sync: reject oversized Broadcast Announcement prepend
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Critical 10.0
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High 8.7
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High 7.8
GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 5.9
Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: heap buffer overflow in log_query() when logging unsupported ds/dnskey replies
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in dnsmasq. When DNSSEC validation and query logging are both enabled, logging of DS or DNSKEY replies containing unsupported algorithm or digest types can cause dnsmasq to write past the end of an internal logging buffe…
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Medium 6.3
OFFIS DCMTK ofxml.cc parseFile heap-based overflow
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High 7.6
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High 7.4
Qemu-kvm: virtio-snd: heap buffer overflow in virtio_snd_pcm_in_cb (incomplete fix for cve-2024-7730)
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High 8.3
OpenEXR HTJ2K decoder heap buffer over-read in ht_undo_impl() (DoS)
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High 8.2
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High 8.8
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to execute…
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
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Medium 4.3
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High 7.8
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High 7.8
stable-diffusion.cpp: Heap buffer overflow in SHORT_BINUNICODE parsing for PyTorch checkpoint files
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High 7.8
DNG SDK | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
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Medium 4.8
Heap buffer overflow in Jansi
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High 8.8
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Medium 5.5
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