Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
We track 5,885 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.3. 167 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- 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.
- 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, and the Strsafe.h library from Microsoft. These libraries provide safer versions of overflow-prone string-handling functions.
- 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 discusses canary-based detection in detail.
- 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. 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.
- Implementation: Replace unbounded copy functions with analogous functions that support length arguments, such as strcpy with strncpy. Create these if they are not available.
Latest Out-of-bounds Write vulnerabilities
- 8.8 High severity
macOS: Out-of-bounds Write
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process memory.
- 8.8 High severity
iOS and iPadOS: Out-of-bounds Write
This issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6. Processing a file may lead to memory corruption.
- 8.8 High severity
stb: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
A security flaw has been discovered in Nothings stb up to 1.22. This affects the function start_decoder of the file stb_vorbis.c. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been released to the pub
- 7.3 High severity
openexr: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 to before version 3.4.8, a crafted B44 or B44A EXR file can cause an out-of-bounds write in any
- 8.8 High severity
DNS-120: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20260205. Impac
- 8.8 High severity
DNS-120: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20260205.
- 8.8 High severity
DNS-120: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20260205.
- 8.8 High severity
DNS-120: Out-of-bounds Write
A flaw has been found in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20260205. This vuln
- 7.5 High severity
aws-c-event-stream: Out-of-bounds Write
Out-of-bounds write in the streaming decoder component in aws-c-event-stream before 0.6.0 might allow a third party operating a server to cause memory corruption leading to arbitrary code execution on a client application that processes crafted event-stream me
- 8.8 High severity
CH22: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in Tenda CH22 1.0.0.1. Affected is the function formWebTypeLibrary of the file /goform/webtypelibrary of the component Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument webSiteId causes stack-based buffer overflow. The attack
- 7.5 High severity
DNSdist: Out-of-bounds Write
An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the ini
- 8.1 High severity
Sereal::Encoder: Out-of-bounds Write
Sereal::Encoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl embeds a vulnerable version of the Zstandard library. Sereal::Encoder embeds a version of the Zstandard (zstd) library that is vulnerable to CVE-2019-11922. This is a race condition in the one-pass
- 8.1 High severity
Sereal::Decoder: Out-of-bounds Write
Sereal::Decoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl embeds a vulnerable version of the Zstandard library. Sereal::Decoder embeds a version of the Zstandard (zstd) library that is vulnerable to CVE-2019-11922. This is a race condition in the one-pass
- 8.8 High severity
CH22: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in Tenda CH22 1.0.0.1. This impacts the function formQuickIndex of the file /goform/QuickIndex of the component Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument mit_linktype causes stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is p
- 8.8 High severity
CH22: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda CH22 1.0.0.1. This affects the function fromAdvSetWan of the file /goform/AdvSetWan of the component Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument wanmode results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be execut
- 8.8 High severity
CH22: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was detected in Tenda CH22 1.0.0.1. Impacted is the function formCreateFileName of the file /goform/createFileName. Performing a manipulation of the argument fileNameMit results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remote
- 9.8 Critical severity
Gigabyte Control Center: Out-of-bounds Write
Gigabyte Control Center developed by GIGABYTE has an Arbitrary File Write vulnerability. When the pairing feature is enabled, unauthenticated remote attackers can write arbitrary files to any location on the underlying operating system, leading to arbitrary co
- 8.8 High severity
F9K1122: Out-of-bounds Write
A security vulnerability has been detected in Belkin F9K1122 1.00.33. This affects the function formSetSystemSettings of the file /goform/formSetSystemSettings of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation of the argument webpage leads to stack-based buf
- 8.8 High severity
F9K1122: Out-of-bounds Write
A weakness has been identified in Belkin F9K1122 1.00.33. The impacted element is the function formSetPassword of the file /goform/formSetPassword of the component Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument webpage causes stack-based buffer overflow.
- 8.8 High severity
F9K1122: Out-of-bounds Write
A security flaw has been discovered in Belkin F9K1122 1.00.33. The affected element is the function formCrossBandSwitch of the file /goform/formCrossBandSwitch of the component Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument webpage results in stack-based
- 8.8 High severity
DIR-513: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-513 1.10. This issue affects the function formSetEmail of the file /goform/formSetEmail. Performing a manipulation of the argument curTime results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out
- 8.8 High severity
F453: Out-of-bounds Write
A flaw has been found in Tenda F453 1.0.0.3. This affects the function fromPPTPUserSetting of the file /goform/PPTPUserSetting of the component httpd. This manipulation of the argument delno causes stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack
- 8.8 High severity
WL-WN579X3-C: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in Wavlink WL-WN579X3-C 231124. This impacts the function sub_4019FC of the file /cgi-bin/firewall.cgi of the component UPNP Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument UpnpEnabled can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. I
- 8.8 High severity
AC15: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda AC15 15.03.05.19. This affects the function formSetCfm of the file /goform/setcfm of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument funcpara1 leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be
- 8.8 High severity
AC7: Out-of-bounds Write
A flaw has been found in Tenda AC7 15.03.06.44. Affected by this issue is the function fromSetSysTime of the file /goform/SetSysTimeCfg of the component POST Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument Time can lead to stack-based buffer overflow
- 8.8 High severity
AC6: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was identified in Tenda AC6 15.03.05.16. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formQuickIndex of the file /goform/QuickIndex of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument PPPOEPassword leads to stack-based buf
- 8.8 High severity
AC6: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in Tenda AC6 15.03.05.16. Affected is the function fromWizardHandle of the file /goform/WizardHandle of the component POST Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument WANT/WANS can lead to stack-based buffer overflo
- 8.8 High severity
AC5: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was determined in Tenda AC5 15.03.06.47. The affected element is the function decodePwd of the file /goform/WizardHandle of the component POST Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument WANT/WANS can lead to stack-based buffer ov
- 7.5 High severity
MapServer: Out-of-bounds Write
MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Starting in version 4.2 and prior to version 8.6.1, a heap-buffer-overflow write in MapServer’s SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor) parser lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the MapServer pr
- 8.8 High severity
AC5: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC5 15.03.06.47. Impacted is the function formWifiWpsOOB of the file /goform/WifiWpsOOB of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exp
- 8.8 High severity
AC5: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda AC5 15.03.06.47. This issue affects the function formSetCfm of the file /goform/setcfm of the component POST Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument funcpara1 leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack m
- 8.8 High severity
AC5: Out-of-bounds Write
A flaw has been found in Tenda AC5 15.03.06.47. This vulnerability affects the function formQuickIndex of the file /goform/QuickIndex of the component POST Request Handler. This manipulation of the argument PPPOEPassword causes stack-based buffer overflow. The
- 8.8 High severity
AC5: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was detected in Tenda AC5 15.03.06.47. This affects the function fromAddressNat of the file /goform/addressNat of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument page results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can b
- 7.8 High severity
zenc: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Zen C is a systems programming language that compiles to human-readable GNU C/C11. Prior to version 0.4.4, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zen C compiler allows attackers to cause a compiler crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by pro
- 7.6 High severity
libpng: Out-of-bounds Read
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.6.36 through 1.6.55, an out-of-bounds read and write exists in libpng's ARM/AArch64 Neon-optimized palette
- 9.1 Critical severity
everest-core: Out-of-bounds Write
EVerest is an EV charging software stack. Prior to versions to 2026.02.0, ISO15118_chargerImpl::handle_update_energy_transfer_modes copies a variable-length list into a fixed-size array of length 6 without bounds checking. With schema validation disabled by de
- 9.1 Critical severity
everest-core: Out-of-bounds Write
EVerest is an EV charging software stack. Prior to versions to 2026.02.0, ISO15118_chargerImpl::handle_session_setup copies a variable-length payment_options list into a fixed-size array of length 2 without bounds checking. With schema validation disabled by d
- 7.5 High severity
CPCI85 Central Processing/Communication: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability has been identified in CPCI85 Central Processing/Communication (All versions < V26.10), SICORE Base system (All versions < V26.10.0). The affected application contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability while parsing specially crafted XML inp
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/dma: Cap dma_map_sg tracepoint arrays to prevent buffer overflow The dma_map_sg tracepoint can trigger a perf buffer overflow when tracing large scatter-gather lists. With devices like
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_ife: Fix metalist update behavior Whenever an ife action replace changes the metalist, instead of replacing the old data on the metalist, the current ife code is appending the n