Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-122
AllowedHeap-based Buffer Overflow
Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
4096 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-4VM4-G86C-MG83
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-18 00:31 – Updated: 2023-02-18 00:31
VLAI
Details
Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 must open a malicious file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-22236"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-17T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-4vm4-g86c-mg83",
"modified": "2023-02-18T00:31:59Z",
"published": "2023-02-18T00:31:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22236"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb23-15.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-4WMV-7XRQ-8XXW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-14 18:32 – Updated: 2025-01-14 18:32
VLAI
Details
Windows Telephony Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity
8.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21240"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-14T18:15:38Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Windows Telephony Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-4wmv-7xrq-8xxw",
"modified": "2025-01-14T18:32:03Z",
"published": "2025-01-14T18:32:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21240"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21240"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-4XJ3-H4XR-2J4M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:12 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:12
VLAI
Details
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by an Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the PDFLibTool component. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-28558"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-02T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by an Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the PDFLibTool component. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-4xj3-h4xr-2j4m",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:12:52Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:12:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28558"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-4XM2-Q73P-253R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 15:33 – Updated: 2026-05-30 21:30
VLAI
Details
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libjxl 0.12.0 via crafted PBM images to the jxl::extras::DecodeImagePNM function in file lib/extras/dec/pnm.cc.
Severity
7.3 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-70103"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-27T15:16:24Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libjxl 0.12.0 via crafted PBM images to the jxl::extras::DecodeImagePNM function in file lib/extras/dec/pnm.cc.",
"id": "GHSA-4xm2-q73p-253r",
"modified": "2026-05-30T21:30:21Z",
"published": "2026-05-27T15:33:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70103"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/4337"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/4338"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/sigdevel/pocs/blob/main/res/libjxl/2025/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel/116642233929409910"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/30/7"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5248-M677-H7P5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:16 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:16
VLAI
Details
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlStrncat function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.
Severity
7.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-1834"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-119",
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-05-20T10:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlStrncat function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.",
"id": "GHSA-5248-m677-h7p5",
"modified": "2022-05-14T01:16:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:16:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1834"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763071"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8fbbf5513d609c1770b391b99e33314cd0742704"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10170"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT206564"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT206566"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT206567"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT206568"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://xmlsoft.org/news.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-5274-VPJ4-W5JF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-13 18:38 – Updated: 2024-02-13 18:38
VLAI
Details
Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity
8.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-21358"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-13T18:15:52Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-5274-vpj4-w5jf",
"modified": "2024-02-13T18:38:23Z",
"published": "2024-02-13T18:38:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21358"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21358"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-52JW-MW7H-6HFG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-27 15:30 – Updated: 2023-04-03 18:32
VLAI
Details
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository gpac/gpac prior to 2.4.0.
Severity
7.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-1655"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-27T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository gpac/gpac prior to 2.4.0.",
"id": "GHSA-52jw-mw7h-6hfg",
"modified": "2023-04-03T18:32:03Z",
"published": "2023-03-27T15:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1655"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/e7f96c2d3774e4ea25f952bcdf55af1dd6e919f4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/05f1d1de-bbfd-43fe-bdf9-7f73419ce7c9"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-52RJ-7M6G-JF9J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-04 12:30 – Updated: 2023-01-11 03:30
VLAI
Details
In wlan driver, there is a possible missing bounds check. This could lead to local denial of service in wlan services.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-44429"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-04T10:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In wlan driver, there is a possible missing bounds check. This could lead to local denial of service in wlan services.",
"id": "GHSA-52rj-7m6g-jf9j",
"modified": "2023-01-11T03:30:19Z",
"published": "2023-01-04T12:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44429"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.unisoc.com/en_us/secy/announcementDetail/1610118225591336001"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-532X-WRR4-V6GF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-03 03:30 – Updated: 2024-05-03 03:30
VLAI
Details
Kofax Power PDF BMP File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of BMP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20441.
Severity
7.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-37344"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-03T02:15:46Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Kofax Power PDF BMP File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of BMP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20441.",
"id": "GHSA-532x-wrr4-v6gf",
"modified": "2024-05-03T03:30:54Z",
"published": "2024-05-03T03:30:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37344"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-939"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-533Q-88RF-CGXX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-09 00:00 – Updated: 2022-03-17 00:05
VLAI
Details
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in NPM radare2.js prior to 5.6.2.
Severity
7.1 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-0518"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-08T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow in NPM radare2.js prior to 5.6.2.",
"id": "GHSA-533q-88rf-cgxx",
"modified": "2022-03-17T00:05:53Z",
"published": "2022-02-09T00:00:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0518"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/9650e3c352f675687bf6c6f65ff2c4a3d0e288fa"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/10051adf-7ddc-4042-8fd0-8e9e0c5b1184"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZTIMAS53YT66FUS4QHQAFRJOBMUFG6D"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E6YBRQ3UCFWJVSOYIKPVUDASZ544TFND"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
Mitigation
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Mitigation MIT-10
Operation
Build and Compilation
Strategy: Environment Hardening
- 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.
Mitigation MIT-11
Operation
Build and Compilation
Strategy: Environment Hardening
- 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].
Mitigation
Implementation
Implement and perform bounds checking on input.
Mitigation
Implementation
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
Do not use dangerous functions such as gets. Look for their safe equivalent, which checks for the boundary.
Mitigation
Operation
Use OS-level preventative functionality. This is not a complete solution, but it provides some defense in depth.
CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow
This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.