Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Implementation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.
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Architecture and Design
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
Source: MITRE CWE-125
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High 7.5
S2OPC 1.7.3 contains an out-of-bounds read in RepublishResponse handling. This allows a remote attacker to cause a deni…
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High 7.5
open62541 1.5.5 contains an out-of-bounds read in the client-side function responseReadNamespacesArray() in src/client/…
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High 7.1
AIOHTTP: Out-of-bounds heap read in C HTTP response parser error path (malformed chunked response)
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.3, an out-of-bounds heap read could occur in the C response parser while building an error message for a malformed response. An attacker controlled server, or possib…
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High 7.5
In Modem, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote denial of ser…
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High 7.0
Out-of-bounds read in Zephyr OCPP 1.6 RPC message parser (parse_rpc_msg)
The OCPP 1.6 client in subsys/net/lib/ocpp parsed inbound WAMP RPC frames in parse_rpc_msg() (subsys/net/lib/ocpp/ocpp_j.c) using a hand-rolled helper, extract_string_field(), that copied the message's uid and action fields with strncpy(out_buf, token + 1, ou…
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High 7.5
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via GLYPH_FRAGMENT_ADD
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 (affected versions <= 3.28.0) contains a heap out-of-bounds read in update_process_glyph_fragments()/glyph_cache_fragment_put() in libfreerdp/cache/glyph.c. When handling a GLYPH_FRAGMENT_ADD update, the code reads a one-byte server-cont…
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High 7.5
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Out-of-bounds Read via Polygon async message-proxy
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the async update message proxy for the PolygonSC and PolygonCB primary drawing orders. When AsyncUpdate is enabled (e.g., xfreerdp /async-update), update_message_PolygonSC() and update_messa…
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High 7.5
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via TSMF
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the TSMF FFmpeg decoder when parsing AVC1 MPEG2VIDEOINFO media types with insufficient ExtraData. Attackers can send malformed media format data from a server to trigger a crash by read…
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High 8.2
Coturn: Pre-authentication heap memory disclosure in ACME redirect (`try_acme_redirect`)
Coturn is a free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. From 4.5.2 through 4.14.0, when Coturn is started with --acme-redirect <URL> and exposes a plaintext-TCP listener, an unauthenticated remote client can send a single ordinary HTTP GET reques…
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High 7.5
MZ Automation libiec61850 Out-of-bounds Read
The ISO Presentation layer contains a flaw in the handling of specific parameters during normal mode negotiation. A missing length check in the processing of the encoded presentation data allows an attacker controlled field with a zero length value to trigger…
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High 7.6
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
VMware ESX, Workstation, and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with VM deployment privileges could trigger an out-of-bounds read, potentially leading to information disclosure or more likely a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condit…
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High 8.1
Out of bounds read in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bound…
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High 8.8
Inappropriate implementation in Frame in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially …
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High 8.1
Out of bounds read in WebXR in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of boun…
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High 8.8
Out of bounds read in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the r…
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High 7.8
s390/pkey: Check length in PKEY_VERIFYPROTK ioctl
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Check length in PKEY_VERIFYPROTK ioctl Explicitly check the buffer length request structure provided by user-space and fail, if it exceeds the buffer size.
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High 7.1
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS S…
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High 8.1
An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS…
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High 8.1
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.6, iOS 18.7…
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High 7.1
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.1…
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High 8.1
net: usb: net1080: validate packet_len before pad-byte access in rx_fixup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: net1080: validate packet_len before pad-byte access in rx_fixup For an even packet_len, net1080_rx_fixup() reads the pad byte at skb->data[packet_len] before the skb->len != packet_…
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High 7.1
drm/edid: fix OOB read in drm_parse_tiled_block()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/edid: fix OOB read in drm_parse_tiled_block() drm_parse_tiled_block() casts the DisplayID block to a struct displayid_tiled_block and reads the full fixed layout up to tile->topology_id[7…
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High 8.1
usbnet: gl620a: fix out-of-bounds read in genelink_rx_fixup()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: gl620a: fix out-of-bounds read in genelink_rx_fixup() genelink_rx_fixup() splits an aggregated RX frame into its individual packets, using a per-packet length taken from device-suppli…
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High 7.1
Gimp: out-of-bounds read in file-icns plugin causes information disclosure or crash on crafted icns images
A flaw was found in the file-icns plugin in GIMP. When applying a decompressed mask during ICNS image processing, the plugin reads from the mask data buffer without verifying if the cursor exceeds the allocated resource size. If a crafted file contains a trun…
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High 7.5CVE-2026-66731 Public exploit
facil.io 0.7.5 - 0.7.6 HTTP/1.1 Chunked Transfer Encoding Parser Crash DoS
facil.io 0.7.5 through 0.7.6 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 chunked transfer encoding parser that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the server by sending a negative chunk size value. Attackers can send a single POST …
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High 7.5CVE-2026-66729 Public exploit
facil.io 0.6.0 - 0.7.6 Integer Underflow DoS via Multipart MIME Body Parser
facil.io 0.6.0 through 0.7.6 contains an integer underflow vulnerability in the multipart MIME body parser that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the server process by sending a crafted Content-Disposition header with an empty field name. Attac…
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High 8.7
Apache Thrift: C++ THeaderTransport::readString() info-header length bounds bypass
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input, Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache Thrift C++ bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.
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High 8.1
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop The loop in is_ap_in_tkip() iterates over IEs without verifying that enough bytes remain before dereferencing the IE header or its…
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High 8.4
ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device. That metadata is then used …
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High 7.0
PCI/IOV: Skip VF Resizable BAR restore on read error
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/IOV: Skip VF Resizable BAR restore on read error sriov_restore_vf_rebar_state() uses the VF Resizable BAR Control register to decide how many VF BARs to restore (nbars) and which VF BAR e…
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High 7.7
hwrng: virtio: clamp device-reported used.len at copy_data()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: virtio: clamp device-reported used.len at copy_data() random_recv_done() stores the device-reported used.len directly into vi->data_avail. copy_data() then indexes vi->data[] using vi-…
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High 8.2
smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area smb2_check_message() has a long-standing quirk that accepts a response whose calculated length is one byte larger…
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High 8.8
staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth() OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path. When the Privacy bit is set, rtw_wep_decrypt() is called wit…
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High 8.1
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop The IE parsing loop in update_beacon_info() advances by (pIE->length + 2) each iteration but only guards on i < len. When a ma…
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High 8.1
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in OnAssocRsp() IE loop
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in OnAssocRsp() IE loop The IE parsing loop in OnAssocRsp() advances by (pIE->length + 2) each iteration but only guards on i < pkt_len. When a malicious AP s…
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High 8.1
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl() Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they dereference pIE->length: - issue_ass…
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High 8.8
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr() Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks. rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_…
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High 7.1
netfilter: ebtables: terminate table name before find_table_lock()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: terminate table name before find_table_lock() update_counters() and compat_update_counters() forward a user-supplied 32-byte table name to find_table_lock() without NUL-t…
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High 7.1
netfilter: ebtables: module names must be null-terminated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: module names must be null-terminated We need to explicitly check the length, else we may pass non-null terminated string to request_module().
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High 7.1
Bluetooth: L2CAP: validate option length before reading conf opt value
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: validate option length before reading conf opt value l2cap_get_conf_opt() derives the option length from the attacker-controlled opt->len field and immediately dereferences …