CWE-787
Weakness Allowed-with-ReviewOut-of-bounds Write
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Dimensions
- Behavior-Type: Write
- Resource-Type: Memory Buffer
- Resource-Property: Out-of-bounds
Mapping guidance
This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities. However, closer examination is required.
While this CWE is allowed for mapping, it has more specific children that might be a better fit. Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is appropriate. Consider the root cause errors that have led to the out-of-bounds write by examining "CanFollow" relationships for this entry.
Relationships and members
Modes of introduction
Detection methods
Automated Static Analysis
This weakness can often be detected using automated static analysis tools. Many modern tools use data flow analysis or constraint-based techniques to minimize the number of false positives.
Automated static analysis generally does not account for environmental considerations when reporting out-of-bounds memory operations. This can make it difficult for users to determine which warnings should be investigated first. For example, an analysis tool might report buffer overflows that originate from command line arguments in a program that is not expected to run with setuid or other special privileges.
Effectiveness: High
Detection techniques for buffer-related errors are more mature than for most other weakness types.
Automated Dynamic Analysis
This weakness can be detected using dynamic tools and techniques that interact with the software using large test suites with many diverse inputs, such as fuzz testing (fuzzing), robustness testing, and fault injection. The software's operation may slow down, but it should not become unstable, crash, or generate incorrect results.
Automated Dynamic Analysis
Use tools that are integrated during compilation to insert runtime error-checking mechanisms related to memory safety errors, such as AddressSanitizer (ASan) for C/C++ [REF-1518].
Effectiveness: Moderate
Crafted inputs are necessary to reach the code containing the error, such as generated by fuzzers. Also, these tools may reduce performance, and they only report the error condition - not the original mistake that led to the error.
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16871 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-M294-4VH4-9QWG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-03 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-06 18:31Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 129, Firefox ESR 128.1, and Thunderbird 128.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130 and Firefox ESR < 128.2.
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-09-03T13:15:05Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 129, Firefox ESR 128.1, and Thunderbird 128.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003c 130 and Firefox ESR \u003c 128.2.",
"id": "GHSA-m294-4vh4-9qwg",
"modified": "2024-09-06T18:31:28Z",
"published": "2024-09-03T15:30:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8387"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1857607%2C1911858%2C1914009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M297-XG5F-F8HV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-13 18:30Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.
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"CVE-2025-30328"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-13T18:15:38Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Animate versions 24.0.8, 23.0.11 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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-m297-xg5f-f8hv",
"modified": "2025-05-13T18:30:58Z",
"published": "2025-05-13T18:30:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30328"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-42.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M29F-9JRM-J49W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-18 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-13 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix potential buffer overflow by snprintf()
snprintf() returns the would-be-filled size when the string overflows the given buffer size, hence using this value may result in a buffer overflow (although it's unrealistic).
This patch replaces it with a safer version, scnprintf() for papering over such a potential issue.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-50052"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:33Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: Intel: avs: Fix potential buffer overflow by snprintf()\n\nsnprintf() returns the would-be-filled size when the string overflows\nthe given buffer size, hence using this value may result in a buffer\noverflow (although it\u0027s unrealistic).\n\nThis patch replaces it with a safer version, scnprintf() for papering\nover such a potential issue.",
"id": "GHSA-m29f-9jrm-j49w",
"modified": "2025-11-13T21:31:18Z",
"published": "2025-06-18T12:30:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50052"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/840311a09f75632b9d41fbc1cd5c7aea94ce5f7e"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca3b7b9dc9bc1fa552f4697b7cccfa0258a44d00"
}
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2CG-WRH8-H3XX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-25 18:32 – Updated: 2024-04-04 08:56TOTOLINK X2000R Gh v1.0.0-B20230221.0948.web was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function formMapDelDevice.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-46558"
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"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-25T18:17:39Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "TOTOLINK X2000R Gh v1.0.0-B20230221.0948.web was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function formMapDelDevice.",
"id": "GHSA-m2cg-wrh8-h3xx",
"modified": "2024-04-04T08:56:30Z",
"published": "2023-10-25T18:32:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46558"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/XYIYM/Digging/blob/main/TOTOLINK/X2000R/25/1.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://totolink.cn/home/menu/detail.html?menu_listtpl=download\u0026id=85\u0026ids=36"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2CQ-W2FQ-677J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-26 12:00 – Updated: 2025-05-09 21:31Several commands in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v.9.0.1e, and v9.1.0 use unsafe string functions to process user input. Authenticated local attackers could abuse these vulnerabilities to exploit stack-based buffer overflows, allowing arbitrary code execution as the root user account.
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"CVE-2022-33185"
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"CWE-787"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-25T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Several commands in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v.9.0.1e, and v9.1.0 use unsafe string functions to process user input. Authenticated local attackers could abuse these vulnerabilities to exploit stack-based buffer overflows, allowing arbitrary code execution as the root user account.",
"id": "GHSA-m2cq-w2fq-677j",
"modified": "2025-05-09T21:31:06Z",
"published": "2022-10-26T12:00:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33185"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0010"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2022-2078"
}
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2F3-4GC2-3WCW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:41 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:41An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Obj.cpp load_obj() functionality of Prusa Research PrusaSlicer 2.2.0 and Master (commit 4b040b856). A specially crafted obj file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-28595"
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"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-02-10T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Obj.cpp load_obj() functionality of Prusa Research PrusaSlicer 2.2.0 and Master (commit 4b040b856). A specially crafted obj file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-m2f3-4gc2-3wcw",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:41:42Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:41:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28595"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1219"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2FP-C5WR-XJPH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-25 09:30 – Updated: 2024-11-08 09:30Ariel Harush and Roy Hodir from OTORIO have found a flaw in the AXIS A1001 when communicating over OSDP. A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the pacsiod process which is handling the OSDP communication allowing to write outside of the allocated buffer. By appending invalid data to an OSDP message it was possible to write data beyond the heap allocated buffer. The data written outside the buffer could be used to execute arbitrary code.
lease refer to the Axis security advisory for more information, mitigation and affected products and software versions.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-21406"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-120",
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-25T08:15:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "\nAriel Harush and Roy Hodir from OTORIO have found a flaw in the AXIS A1001 when\ncommunicating over OSDP. A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the pacsiod process which\nis handling the OSDP communication allowing to write outside of the allocated buffer. By\nappending invalid data to an OSDP message it was possible to write data beyond the heap\nallocated buffer. The data written outside the buffer could be used to execute arbitrary code.\u00a0\n\nlease refer to the Axis security advisory for more information, mitigation and affected products and software versions.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-m2fp-c5wr-xjph",
"modified": "2024-11-08T09:30:29Z",
"published": "2023-07-25T09:30:17Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21406"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.axis.com/dam/public/1b/21/5f/cve-2023-21406-en-US-407245.pdf"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2HJ-XMPV-M3QQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-09 00:30 – Updated: 2025-05-09 00:30IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1 and 11.1 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to failure to handle DNS return requests by the gethostbyname function.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-1330"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-08T22:15:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1 and 11.1\u00a0 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to failure to handle DNS return requests by the gethostbyname function.",
"id": "GHSA-m2hj-xmpv-m3qq",
"modified": "2025-05-09T00:30:34Z",
"published": "2025-05-09T00:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1330"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232923"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232924"
}
],
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"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-M2HM-7HWW-7MR3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-22 21:32 – Updated: 2024-11-22 21:32IrfanView SVG File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView. 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 SVG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22185.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-11509"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-22T21:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "IrfanView SVG File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView. 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 SVG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22185.",
"id": "GHSA-m2hm-7hww-7mr3",
"modified": "2024-11-22T21:32:17Z",
"published": "2024-11-22T21:32:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11509"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1602"
}
],
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M2JH-HR35-V8VP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-23 12:31 – Updated: 2026-10-23 12:31Snap7 through 1.4.3 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the passive partner that allows a malicious active partner to overflow application buffers by declaring an unvalidated BSend total length. Attackers connecting from the configured peer address can declare up to 65535 bytes and send a short fragment, causing BRecv to memcpy past the buffer and crash or corrupt SCADA, HMI or gateway processes.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-115723"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-23T12:18:12Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Snap7 through 1.4.3 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the passive partner that allows a malicious active partner to overflow application buffers by declaring an unvalidated BSend total length. Attackers connecting from the configured peer address can declare up to 65535 bytes and send a short fragment, causing BRecv to memcpy past the buffer and crash or corrupt SCADA, HMI or gateway processes.",
"id": "GHSA-m2jh-hr35-v8vp",
"modified": "2026-10-23T12:31:32Z",
"published": "2026-10-23T12:31:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115723"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/davenardella/snap7/pull/41"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/davenardella/snap7/blob/30f37da3114024a71ba93f7fd855c680b97a406f/src/core/s7_partner.cpp#L1126-L1166"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/davenardella/snap7/blob/30f37da3114024a71ba93f7fd855c680b97a406f/src/core/s7_partner.cpp#L850-L867"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snap7-through-1.4.3-out-of-bounds-write-via-brecv-and-checkasbrecvcompletion"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-3
Strategy: Language Selection
- 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.
Mitigation MIT-4.1
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- 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 [REF-57], and the Strsafe.h library from Microsoft [REF-56]. These libraries provide safer versions of overflow-prone string-handling functions.
Mitigation MIT-10
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-9
- Consider adhering to the following rules when allocating and managing an application's memory:
- Double check that the buffer is as large as specified.
- When using functions that accept a number of bytes to copy, such as strncpy(), be aware that if the destination buffer size is equal to the source buffer size, it may not NULL-terminate the string.
- Check buffer boundaries if accessing the buffer in a loop and make sure there is no danger of writing past the allocated space.
- If necessary, truncate all input strings to a reasonable length before passing them to the copy and concatenation functions.
Mitigation MIT-11
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 MIT-12
Strategy: Environment Hardening
- 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 [REF-60] [REF-61]. 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 [REF-1336].
Mitigation MIT-13
Replace unbounded copy functions with analogous functions that support length arguments, such as strcpy with strncpy. Create these if they are not available.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.