CWE-787
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.
16515 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-6592-QV35-5GX2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-01 21:32 – Updated: 2026-10-01 21:32Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) in the PEA archive extraction routine (pea.pas, unpea_procedure) of the first-party pea component in PeaZip 11.2.0 and earlier allows an attacker who convinces a victim to open or extract a crafted .pea archive to execute arbitrary code as the user running PeaZip. While decompressing a PCOMPRESS1 stream, the 32-bit compressed-block-size field of the first block (compsize) is read directly from the archive and used without validation as the length of a blockread into the fixed-size global buffers wbuf1/wbuf2 (1,114,112 bytes) and as the bound of the subsequent copy loop. The existing check "compsize > WBUFSIZE" is applied only to the size of each following block, so the first block escapes it; the same unvalidated value is also used to index wbuf1[compsize], an out-of-bounds read at an attacker-chosen offset. The copy loop additionally copies the requested length instead of the number of bytes actually read, and terminates on equality rather than on an upper bound. Because the project is built without range checking and no archive password, integrity tag or non-default configuration is required, the overflow overwrites adjacent global data; code execution was demonstrated by two independent researchers against the official Linux x86-64 and Windows x64 builds, and the denial-of-service and memory-corruption primitive is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD).
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-102514"
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"CWE-125",
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"details": "Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) in the PEA archive extraction routine (pea.pas, unpea_procedure) of the first-party pea component in PeaZip 11.2.0 and earlier allows an attacker who convinces a victim to open or extract a crafted .pea archive to execute arbitrary code as the user running PeaZip. While decompressing a PCOMPRESS1 stream, the 32-bit compressed-block-size field of the first block (compsize) is read directly from the archive and used without validation as the length of a blockread into the fixed-size global buffers wbuf1/wbuf2 (1,114,112 bytes) and as the bound of the subsequent copy loop. The existing check \"compsize \u003e WBUFSIZE\" is applied only to the size of each following block, so the first block escapes it; the same unvalidated value is also used to index wbuf1[compsize], an out-of-bounds read at an attacker-chosen offset. The copy loop additionally copies the requested length instead of the number of bytes actually read, and terminates on equality rather than on an upper bound. Because the project is built without range checking and no archive password, integrity tag or non-default configuration is required, the overflow overwrites adjacent global data; code execution was demonstrated by two independent researchers against the official Linux x86-64 and Windows x64 builds, and the denial-of-service and memory-corruption primitive is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD).",
"id": "GHSA-6592-qv35-5gx2",
"modified": "2026-10-01T21:32:53Z",
"published": "2026-10-01T21:32:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102514"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/commit/90ddbaee0945a4d8ffa4d972d43711bbfb9576ba"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-102514-out-of-bounds-write-in-peazip-pea-extractor"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/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"
}
]
}
GHSA-65C2-39WJ-3RHQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:20 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:20Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Series Routers and Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, and RV082 Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerabilities are due to insufficient boundary restrictions on user-supplied input to scripts in the web-based management interface. An attacker with administrative privileges that are sufficient to log in to the web-based management interface could exploit each vulnerability by sending crafted requests that contain overly large values to an affected device, causing a stack overflow. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to crash or allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-3292"
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"CWE-787"
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-18T03:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Series Routers and Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, and RV082 Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerabilities are due to insufficient boundary restrictions on user-supplied input to scripts in the web-based management interface. An attacker with administrative privileges that are sufficient to log in to the web-based management interface could exploit each vulnerability by sending crafted requests that contain overly large values to an affected device, causing a stack overflow. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to crash or allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system.",
"id": "GHSA-65c2-39wj-3rhq",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:20:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:20:58Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3292"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-rv-routers-stack-vUxHmnNz"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-65C2-8XVQ-GJ7J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-14 00:00 – Updated: 2022-01-20 00:02This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the setupwizard.cgi page. When parsing the SOAP_LOGIN_TOKEN environment variable, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-14107.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-34980"
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"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-01-13T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the setupwizard.cgi page. When parsing the SOAP_LOGIN_TOKEN environment variable, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-14107.",
"id": "GHSA-65c2-8xvq-gj7j",
"modified": "2022-01-20T00:02:08Z",
"published": "2022-01-14T00:00:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34980"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kb.netgear.com/000064262/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0150?article=000064262"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1242"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-65C9-4F8Q-72QC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 15:32 – Updated: 2026-10-06 18:31Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an out-of-bounds write in the host OS in pcnetReceiveNoSync in DevPCNet.cpp in the PCNet (Am79C970A) network device model.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-77178"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-06T14:17:46Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an out-of-bounds write in the host OS in pcnetReceiveNoSync in DevPCNet.cpp in the PCNet (Am79C970A) network device model.",
"id": "GHSA-65c9-4f8q-72qc",
"modified": "2026-10-06T18:31:29Z",
"published": "2026-10-06T15:32:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77178"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/entropy1337/cd0d5b368445d20c43aca2590b313892"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_7_0"
}
],
"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:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-65F9-WQXF-MH9R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:55A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a PathRecording resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5169"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-27T15:19:42Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003c 118, Firefox ESR \u003c 115.3, and Thunderbird \u003c 115.3.",
"id": "GHSA-65f9-wqxf-mh9r",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:55:52Z",
"published": "2023-09-27T15:30:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5169"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-65J3-9X73-F8RG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:30 – Updated: 2023-12-31 21:30A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Base3D rendering engine improperly handles memory.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Base3D rendering engine handles memory., aka 'Base3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-17003.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-16918"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-10-16T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Base3D rendering engine improperly handles memory.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would gain execution on a victim system.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Base3D rendering engine handles memory., aka \u0027Base3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-17003.",
"id": "GHSA-65j3-9x73-f8rg",
"modified": "2023-12-31T21:30:23Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:30:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16918"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16918"
}
],
"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-65JX-JX2R-47WV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:54 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:54Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-7978"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-26T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.8 and earlier and 20.0.5 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-65jx-jx2r-47wv",
"modified": "2022-05-24T16:54:49Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:54:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7978"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb19-44.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-65MQ-839R-H9R2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-09 18:30SAP Web Dispatcher, Internet Communication Manager (ICM), and SAP Content Server allow an unauthenticated user to exploit logical errors that lead to a memory corruption vulnerability. This results in high impact on the availability with no impact on confidentiality or integrity of the application.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-42877"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-09T16:17:52Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "SAP Web Dispatcher, Internet Communication Manager (ICM), and SAP Content Server allow an unauthenticated user to exploit logical errors that lead to a memory corruption vulnerability. This results in high impact on the availability with no impact on confidentiality or integrity of the application.",
"id": "GHSA-65mq-839r-h9r2",
"modified": "2025-12-09T18:30:37Z",
"published": "2025-12-09T18:30:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42877"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://me.sap.com/notes/3677544"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday"
}
],
"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-65MV-34R4-VCQ5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:08 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:56Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-0967"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-119",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-02-10T20:59:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK \u0026 Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, and CVE-2016-0981.",
"id": "GHSA-65mv-34r4-vcq5",
"modified": "2025-04-12T12:56:51Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T01:08:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0967"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39466"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-65P9-86G3-VXRX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:08Unicorn Engine 1.0.2 has an out-of-bounds write in tb_flush_armeb (called from cpu_arm_exec_armeb and tcg_cpu_exec_armeb).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-36979"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-20T07:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Unicorn Engine 1.0.2 has an out-of-bounds write in tb_flush_armeb (called from cpu_arm_exec_armeb and tcg_cpu_exec_armeb).",
"id": "GHSA-65p9-86g3-vxrx",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:08:28Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:08:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36979"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn/commit/bf1713d9e011b55ca1f502a6779fc4722b4bb077"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=30391"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/unicorn/OSV-2020-2305.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZ6LOCJXHQVU6SCJLFDJINBOVJYYENLX"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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.