Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
We track 5,886 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
- 7.0 High severity
Model 3: Out-of-bounds Write
Tesla Model 3 bcmdhd Out-Of-Bounds Write Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected Tesla Model 3 vehicles. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute code on the wifi subsys
- 7.5 High severity
RouterOS: Out-of-bounds Write
Mikrotik RouterOS RADVD Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Mikrotik RouterOS. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulne
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc COMM_MakeCustomMsg Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is n
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc var:page Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is not require
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc WEB_DisplayPage Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is not
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is not required to expl
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is not required to explo
- 8.8 High severity
DAP-1360: Out-of-bounds Write
D-Link DAP-1360 webproc var:menu Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1360 routers. Authentication is not require
- 8.8 High severity
DICOM Viewer Pro: Out-of-bounds Write
Sante DICOM Viewer Pro J2K File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Sante DICOM Viewer Pro. User interaction is required to exploit t
- 8.8 High severity
DICOM Viewer Pro: Out-of-bounds Write
Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Sante DICOM Viewer Pro. User interaction is required to exploit t
- 8.8 High severity
DICOM Viewer Pro: Out-of-bounds Write
Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Sante DICOM Viewer Pro. User interaction is required to exploit t
- 8.8 High severity
RAX30: Out-of-bounds Write
NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30. Authentication is not required to exploit thi
- 8.8 High severity
RAX30: Out-of-bounds Write
NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exp
- 8.0 High severity
RAX30: Out-of-bounds Write
NETGEAR RAX30 rex_cgi JSON Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is required to
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor PNG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.8 High severity
PDF-XChange Editor: Out-of-bounds Write
PDF-XChange Editor PNG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vuln
- 7.5 High severity
Cisco IP Phones with Multiplatform Firmware: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IP Phone firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-s
- 9.8 Critical severity
stb_vorbis.c: Out-of-bounds Write
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the comment functionality of stb _vorbis.c v1.22. A specially crafted .ogg file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Use OPTS_SET() macro in bpf_xdp_query() When the feature_flags and xdp_zc_max_segs fields were added to the libbpf bpf_xdp_query_opts, the code writing them did not use the OPTS_SET()
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix writeback data corruption cifs writeback doesn't correctly handle the case where cifs_extend_writeback() hits a point where it is considering an additional folio, but this would over
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: init/main.c: Fix potential static_command_line memory overflow We allocate memory of size 'xlen + strlen(boot_command_line) + 1' for static_command_line, but the strings copied into static_com
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: mmcc-msm8974: fix terminating of frequency table arrays The frequency table arrays are supposed to be terminated with an empty element. Add such entry to the end of the arrays where
- 7.8 High severity
Linux: Out-of-bounds Write
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: mlxbf: prevent stack overflow in mlxbf_i2c_smbus_start_transaction() memcpy() is called in a loop while 'operation->length' upper bound is not checked and 'data_idx' also increments.
- 8.8 High severity
A301: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda A301 15.13.08.12_multi_TDE01. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function formAddMacfilterRule of the file /goform/setBlackRule. The manipulation of the argument deviceList leads to stack-based buffer overf
- 8.8 High severity
i22: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tenda i22 1.0.0.3(4687). This affects the function formSetUrlFilterRule. The manipulation of the argument groupIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function fromDhcpSetSer of the file /goform/DhcpSetSe. The manipulation of the argument dhcpStartIp/dhcpEndIp/dhcpGw/dhcpMask/dhcpLeaseTime/dhcp
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formwrlSSIDset of the file /goform/wifiSSIDset. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overf
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function formwrlSSIDget of the file /goform/wifiSSIDget. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function formQosManage_user. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The ass
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function formQosManage_auto. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remo
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656). This affects the function formQosManageDouble_auto. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack
- 8.8 High severity
i21: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656). Affected by this issue is the function formQosManageDouble_user. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be l
- 8.8 High severity
W9: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tenda W9 1.0.0.7(4456). Affected by this vulnerability is the function fromDhcpSetSer of the file /goform/DhcpSetSer. The manipulation of the argument dhcpStartIp/dhcpEndIp/dhcpGw/dhcpMask/dhcpLeaseTime/dhcpD
- 8.8 High severity
W9: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tenda W9 1.0.0.7(4456). Affected is the function formwrlSSIDset of the file /goform/wifiSSIDset. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch
- 8.8 High severity
W9: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda W9 1.0.0.7(4456). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function formwrlSSIDget of the file /goform/wifiSSIDget. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may
- 8.8 High severity
W9: Out-of-bounds Write
A vulnerability was found in Tenda W9 1.0.0.7(4456). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function formQosManageDouble_auto. The manipulation of the argument ssidIndex leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiate