Weakness (CWE)
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
How to prevent it (7 mitigations)
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Requirements
Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
For example, many languages that perform their own memory management, such as Java and Perl, are not subject to buffer overflows. Other languages, such as Ada and C#, typically provide overflow protection, but the protection can be disabled by the programmer.
Be wary that a language's interface to native code may still be subject to overflows, even if the language itself is theoretically safe.
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Examples include the Safe C String Library (SafeStr) by Messier and Viega [REF-57], and the Strsafe.h library from Microsoft [REF-56]. These libraries provide safer versions of overflow-prone string-handling functions.
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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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Implementation
Consider adhering to the following rules when allocating and managing an application's memory:
- Double check that the buffer is as large as specified.
- When using functions that accept a number of bytes to copy, such as strncpy(), be aware that if the destination buffer size is equal to the source buffer size, it may not NULL-terminate the string.
- Check buffer boundaries if accessing the buffer in a loop and make sure there is no danger of writing past the allocated space.
- If necessary, truncate all input strings to a reasonable length before passing them to the copy and concatenation functions.
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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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Operation
Use a CPU and operating system that offers Data Execution Protection (using hardware NX or XD bits) or the equivalent techniques that simulate this feature in software, such as PaX [REF-60] [REF-61]. These techniques ensure that any instruction executed is exclusively at a memory address that is part of the code segment.
For more information on these techniques see D3-PSEP (Process Segment Execution Prevention) from D3FEND [REF-1336].
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Implementation
Replace unbounded copy functions with analogous functions that support length arguments, such as strcpy with strncpy. Create these if they are not available.
Source: MITRE CWE-787
6,181 results · Feed
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Low 3.3
Libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpstriptotile() in tools/tiffcp.c
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Critical 9.0
Unvalidated input in Silicon Labs PSA Attestation service leads to secure memory access from non-secure memory
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Designer 13.0.2 build 6942 Vulnerability I
Adobe Substance 3D Designer versions 13.0.0 (and earlier) and 13.1.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user …
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High 7.8
ZDI-CAN-22172: Adobe After Effects AEP File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe After Effects versions 24.0.3 (and earlier) and 23.6.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interact…
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability VI
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability IV
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability III
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability I
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability II
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler v4.2.1Build3527 OOBW Vulnerability V
Adobe Substance 3D Sampler versions 4.2.1 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim …
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High 7.8
Adobe Illustrator 2023 CC 27.7 Memory Corruption Out-Of-Bounds-Write Vulnerability IV.
Adobe Illustrator versions 28.0 (and earlier) and 27.9 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in…
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High 7.8
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14…
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High 7.8
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14…
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High 7.5
decToString in decNumber/decNumber.c in jq 88f01a7 has a one-byte out-of-bounds write via the " []-1.2e-1111111111" inp…
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Critical 9.8
TOTOLink A7000R V9.1.0u.6115_B20201022 has a stack overflow vulnerability via setOpModeCfg.
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Critical 9.8
Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GPAC version 2.3-DEV-rev617-g671976fcc-master, allows attackers to execute arbitr…
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High 7.5
Denial of service by abusing `fetchOptions.retry` in nuxt-api-party
`nuxt-api-party` is an open source module to proxy API requests. The library allows the user to send many options directly to `ofetch`. There is no filter on which options are available. We can abuse the retry logic to cause the server to crash from a stack o…
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High 7.8
In gpu_pixel_handle_buffer_liveness_update_ioctl of private/google-modules/gpu/mali_kbase/platform/pixel/pixel_gpu_slc.…
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Critical 9.8
Tenda W30E V16.01.0.12(4843) was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function formAdvancedSetListSet.
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High 8.8
Tenda AX12 V22.03.01.46 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the list parameter at /goform/SetVirtualServerCf…
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Medium 6.4
Azure RTOS USBX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS USBX is a USB host, device, and on-the-go (OTG) embedded stack, that is fully integrated with Azure RTOS ThreadX. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory buffer and pointer vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS USBX. The affected componen…
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High 7.2
Azure RTOS USBX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS USBX is a USB host, device, and on-the-go (OTG) embedded stack, that is fully integrated with Azure RTOS ThreadX. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to out of bounds write vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS USBX. The affected components inc…
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Critical 9.1
Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include …
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High 8.1
Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds write in Azure RTOS NETX Duo, that could lead to remote code execution. The affected components incl…
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Critical 9.8
Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include …
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High 8.8
Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include …
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Unscored —
Mali GPU Userspace Driver can make an Out-of-Bounds access
Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver allows a local non-privileged user to write a constant…
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Medium 6.7
In ril, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of p…
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Medium 6.7
In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to type confusion. This could lead to local escalation of privileg…
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High 8.8CVE-2023-42917 Exploited
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.…
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High 7.5
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Critical 9.8
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Unscored —
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High 7.8
Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator Out-of-bounds Write
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High 7.5
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High 7.8
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High 7.5
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High 7.5
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High 7.8
ZDI-CAN-21708: Adobe After Effects MP4 File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe After Effects version 24.0.2 (and earlier) and 23.6 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction…
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High 7.8
ZDI-CAN-21709: Adobe After Effects MP4 File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe After Effects version 24.0.2 (and earlier) and 23.6 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction…