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().
4103 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-9PCQ-PJ79-PPJ4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-17 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-17 00:00
VLAI
Details
Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.8 (and earlier) and 23.4.2 (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-2022-38432"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-16T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.8 (and earlier) and 23.4.2 (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-9pcq-pj79-ppj4",
"modified": "2022-09-17T00:00:33Z",
"published": "2022-09-17T00:00:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38432"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb22-52.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-9PG6-CHJX-XPMR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-13 21:30 – Updated: 2023-01-13 21:30
VLAI
Details
Adobe InDesign version 18.0 (and earlier), 17.4 (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-2023-21587"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-13T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Adobe InDesign version 18.0 (and earlier), 17.4 (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-9pg6-chjx-xpmr",
"modified": "2023-01-13T21:30:27Z",
"published": "2023-01-13T21:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21587"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb23-07.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-9PGV-XQPG-75RV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-12 18:30 – Updated: 2026-05-12 18:30
VLAI
Details
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-41096"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-12T18:17:21Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-9pgv-xqpg-75rv",
"modified": "2026-05-12T18:30:46Z",
"published": "2026-05-12T18:30:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41096"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41096"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9PM2-V7X2-9MW5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-08 15:37 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31
VLAI
Details
JSON::SIMD before version 1.07 and earlier for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact.
Severity
7.5 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-40930"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-08T15:15:36Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "JSON::SIMD before version 1.07 and earlier for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact.",
"id": "GHSA-9pm2-v7x2-9mw5",
"modified": "2025-11-05T00:31:26Z",
"published": "2025-09-08T15:37:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40930"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pjuhasz/JSON-SIMD/commit/9a87de7331c9fa5198cae404a83b17649cf7b918.patch"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://metacpan.org/release/PJUHASZ/JSON-SIMD-1.06/source/SIMD.xs#L248"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://metacpan.org/release/PJUHASZ/JSON-SIMD-1.07/changes"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/08/3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9PR2-M366-8728
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-31 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:36
VLAI
Details
A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without user interaction, for example, via thumbnail generation. Successful exploitation leads to application crashes and denial of service (DoS) conditions.
Severity
7.5 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-5201"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-31T09:16:23Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without user interaction, for example, via thumbnail generation. Successful exploitation leads to application crashes and denial of service (DoS) conditions.",
"id": "GHSA-9pr2-m366-8728",
"modified": "2026-06-30T03:36:05Z",
"published": "2026-03-31T09:31:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5201"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5201.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/04/msg00010.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/304"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453291"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19725"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19724"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19210"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19127"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16030"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16008"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12115"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12114"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12062"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12061"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12060"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11806"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11328"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11327"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11326"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11325"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10741"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10708"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10707"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9PRH-5P33-RP37
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-27 12:30 – Updated: 2024-04-27 12:30
VLAI
Details
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 283137.
Severity
7.5 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-25048"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-27T12:15:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 283137.",
"id": "GHSA-9prh-5p33-rp37",
"modified": "2024-04-27T12:30:29Z",
"published": "2024-04-27T12:30:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25048"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283137"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149481"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9PV7-Q9JH-W7P4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-16 03:30 – Updated: 2023-06-16 03:30
VLAI
Details
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository gpac/gpac prior to 2.2.2.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-3291"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-16T02:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository gpac/gpac prior to 2.2.2.",
"id": "GHSA-9pv7-q9jh-w7p4",
"modified": "2023-06-16T03:30:34Z",
"published": "2023-06-16T03:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3291"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/6a748ccc3f76ff10e3ae43014967ea4b0c088aaf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/526954e6-8683-4697-bfa2-886c3204a1d5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5452"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9Q4M-9FW8-GJGV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32
VLAI
Details
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity
7.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-54115"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T18:18:07Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
"id": "GHSA-9q4m-9fw8-gjgv",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:31Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54115"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54115"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-9Q4Q-76JJ-4J8X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-11 00:31 – Updated: 2024-12-11 00:31
VLAI
Details
Substance3D - Painter versions 10.1.1 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-2024-53957"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-10T22:15:25Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Substance3D - Painter versions 10.1.1 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-9q4q-76jj-4j8x",
"modified": "2024-12-11T00:31:27Z",
"published": "2024-12-11T00:31:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53957"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb24-105.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-9Q56-XF64-Q987
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-21 00:30 – Updated: 2026-06-27 00:30
VLAI
Details
A flaw was found in libsolv. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability occurs when a victim processes a specially crafted .solv file containing negative size values in the repo_add_solv function. This leads to an undersized memory allocation and a subsequent out-of-bounds write. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS).
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-9149"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-21T00:16:35Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in libsolv. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability occurs when a victim processes a specially crafted `.solv` file containing negative size values in the `repo_add_solv` function. This leads to an undersized memory allocation and a subsequent out-of-bounds write. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS).",
"id": "GHSA-9q56-xf64-q987",
"modified": "2026-06-27T00:30:29Z",
"published": "2026-05-21T00:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9149"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21333"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28236"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9149"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460380"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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.