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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Medium 5.9
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the graphics module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect avail…
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 6.1
Busybox: busybox: dpkg read_package_field() steps past nul terminator, causing out-of-bounds read on malformed .deb packages
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Medium 6.1
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Medium 6.1
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Medium 6.1
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Doc Object Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 6.8
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Medium 6.8
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Medium 6.8
Out-of-bounds Read, Function Call With Incorrect Number of Arguments, Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Overread Buffers.
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 5.3
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Medium 6.5
libheif: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-62292 leaves libheif vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read
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Medium 4.0
libheif: Heap out-of-bounds read in libheif inline-mask region API (heif_region_item_add_region_inline_mask_data / heif_region_get_mask_image)
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 6.1
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Medium 4.3
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Medium 6.9
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Medium 5.5
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Medium 6.2
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Medium 6.3
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Medium 6.5
rabbitmq-c: size_t underflow in AMQP frame length computation leads to out-of-bounds read
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Medium 5.3
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Medium 4.6
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Medium 6.5
Security Advisory 0171
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 4.7
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Medium 6.2
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Medium 5.5
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