CWE-125
AllowedOut-of-bounds Read
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
11347 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-VGV5-6J9R-QR9F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-28 15:30 – Updated: 2024-07-03 18:37In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvlan: Fix out-of-bound bugs caused by unset skb->mac_header
If an AF_PACKET socket is used to send packets through ipvlan and the default xmit function of the AF_PACKET socket is changed from dev_queue_xmit() to packet_direct_xmit() via setsockopt() with the option name of PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS, the skb->mac_header may not be reset and remains as the initial value of 65535, this may trigger slab-out-of-bounds bugs as following:
================================================================= UG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2+0xdb/0x330 [ipvlan] PU: 2 PID: 1768 Comm: raw_send Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0-rc4+ #6 ardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 all Trace: print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1d/0x160 print_report.cold+0x4f/0x112 kasan_report+0xa3/0x130 ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2+0xdb/0x330 [ipvlan] ipvlan_start_xmit+0x29/0xa0 [ipvlan] __dev_direct_xmit+0x2e2/0x380 packet_direct_xmit+0x22/0x60 packet_snd+0x7c9/0xc40 sock_sendmsg+0x9a/0xa0 __sys_sendto+0x18a/0x230 __x64_sys_sendto+0x74/0x90 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
The root cause is: 1. packet_snd() only reset skb->mac_header when sock->type is SOCK_RAW and skb->protocol is not specified as in packet_parse_headers()
- packet_direct_xmit() doesn't reset skb->mac_header as dev_queue_xmit()
In this case, skb->mac_header is 65535 when ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2() is called. So when ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2() gets mac header with eth_hdr() which use "skb->head + skb->mac_header", out-of-bound access occurs.
This patch replaces eth_hdr() with skb_eth_hdr() in ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2() and reset mac header in multicast to solve this out-of-bound bug.
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvlan: Fix out-of-bound bugs caused by unset skb-\u003emac_header\n\nIf an AF_PACKET socket is used to send packets through ipvlan and the\ndefault xmit function of the AF_PACKET socket is changed from\ndev_queue_xmit() to packet_direct_xmit() via setsockopt() with the option\nname of PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS, the skb-\u003emac_header may not be reset and\nremains as the initial value of 65535, this may trigger slab-out-of-bounds\nbugs as following:\n\n=================================================================\nUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2+0xdb/0x330 [ipvlan]\nPU: 2 PID: 1768 Comm: raw_send Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0-rc4+ #6\nardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33\nall Trace:\nprint_address_description.constprop.0+0x1d/0x160\nprint_report.cold+0x4f/0x112\nkasan_report+0xa3/0x130\nipvlan_xmit_mode_l2+0xdb/0x330 [ipvlan]\nipvlan_start_xmit+0x29/0xa0 [ipvlan]\n__dev_direct_xmit+0x2e2/0x380\npacket_direct_xmit+0x22/0x60\npacket_snd+0x7c9/0xc40\nsock_sendmsg+0x9a/0xa0\n__sys_sendto+0x18a/0x230\n__x64_sys_sendto+0x74/0x90\ndo_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nThe root cause is:\n 1. packet_snd() only reset skb-\u003emac_header when sock-\u003etype is SOCK_RAW\n and skb-\u003eprotocol is not specified as in packet_parse_headers()\n\n 2. packet_direct_xmit() doesn\u0027t reset skb-\u003emac_header as dev_queue_xmit()\n\nIn this case, skb-\u003emac_header is 65535 when ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2() is\ncalled. So when ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2() gets mac header with eth_hdr() which\nuse \"skb-\u003ehead + skb-\u003emac_header\", out-of-bound access occurs.\n\nThis patch replaces eth_hdr() with skb_eth_hdr() in ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2()\nand reset mac header in multicast to solve this out-of-bound bug.",
"id": "GHSA-vgv5-6j9r-qr9f",
"modified": "2024-07-03T18:37:11Z",
"published": "2024-04-28T15:30:30Z",
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GHSA-VGVM-7Q9M-G8WV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-12 00:00 – Updated: 2022-04-19 00:01In ccci, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06108658; Issue ID: ALPS06108658.
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"id": "GHSA-vgvm-7q9m-g8wv",
"modified": "2022-04-19T00:01:24Z",
"published": "2022-04-12T00:00:31Z",
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"url": "https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/April-2022"
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GHSA-VGW3-33X7-H3GH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-18 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-20 21:31Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program routine fluid_msg::of13::HelloElemVersionBitmap::unpack.
This issue affects libfluid: 0.1.0.
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"details": "Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program routine\u00a0fluid_msg::of13::HelloElemVersionBitmap::unpack.\n\nThis issue affects libfluid: 0.1.0.",
"id": "GHSA-vgw3-33x7-h3gh",
"modified": "2024-09-20T21:31:38Z",
"published": "2024-09-18T15:30:50Z",
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GHSA-VGXM-8JF8-3H3V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-14 21:30 – Updated: 2024-02-13 21:30Failure to validate the value in APCB may allow a privileged attacker to tamper with the APCB token to force an out-of-bounds memory read potentially resulting in a denial of service.
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"details": "Failure to validate the value in APCB may allow a privileged attacker to tamper with the APCB token to force an out-of-bounds memory read potentially resulting in a denial of service.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-vgxm-8jf8-3h3v",
"modified": "2024-02-13T21:30:23Z",
"published": "2023-11-14T21:30:59Z",
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"url": "https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-3002"
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GHSA-VGXR-2JWM-83Q2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:05 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:05The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.
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"details": "The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.",
"id": "GHSA-vgxr-2jwm-83q2",
"modified": "2022-05-14T02:05:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:05:34Z",
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"url": "http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314"
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GHSA-VH39-PJJG-4HV4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-10 18:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: fix struct pid leaks in OOB support
syzbot reported struct pid leak [1].
Issue is that queue_oob() calls maybe_add_creds() which potentially holds a reference on a pid.
But skb->destructor is not set (either directly or by calling unix_scm_to_skb())
This means that subsequent kfree_skb() or consume_skb() would leak this reference.
In this fix, I chose to fully support scm even for the OOB message.
[1] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8881053e7f80 (size 128): comm "syz-executor242", pid 5066, jiffies 4294946079 (age 13.220s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] alloc_pid+0x6a/0x560 kernel/pid.c:180 [] copy_process+0x169f/0x26c0 kernel/fork.c:2285 [] kernel_clone+0xf7/0x610 kernel/fork.c:2684 [] __do_sys_clone+0x7c/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2825 [] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
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"modified": "2025-11-10T18:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-05-02T18:31:38Z",
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GHSA-VH43-QG6G-8GCM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-25 12:31 – Updated: 2024-10-28 15:31In sms_ExtractCbLanguage of sms_CellBroadcast.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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"id": "GHSA-vh43-qg6g-8gcm",
"modified": "2024-10-28T15:31:10Z",
"published": "2024-10-25T12:31:33Z",
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GHSA-VH5F-RMCQ-QWHW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-05 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:49llvm-project commit a0138390 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component mlir::Type::isa<mlir::LLVM::LLVMVoidType.
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"id": "GHSA-vh5f-rmcq-qwhw",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:49:46Z",
"published": "2023-05-05T15:30:59Z",
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GHSA-VH8G-5QX4-GF72
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-08 00:01 – Updated: 2021-12-10 00:01There is a Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to process crash.
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-07T17:15:00Z",
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"details": "There is a Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to process crash.",
"id": "GHSA-vh8g-5qx4-gf72",
"modified": "2021-12-10T00:01:22Z",
"published": "2021-12-08T00:01:07Z",
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"url": "https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202109-0000001196270727"
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GHSA-VH8P-J4FQ-R8R8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:59 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:59Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure .
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"nvd_published_at": "2019-10-17T21:15:00Z",
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"details": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure .",
"id": "GHSA-vh8p-j4fq-r8r8",
"modified": "2022-05-24T16:59:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:59:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8164"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-49.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.
Mitigation
Strategy: Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
CAPEC-540: Overread Buffers
An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.