About “Buffer Overflow”

A curated feed of “Buffer Overflow”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 19109 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 2723 were published. Average CVSS is 7.9 (all time; 8.0 over 365d), and 78% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow, CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a HIGH impact class. Common exploitation patterns for this weakness can lead to high. Use the filters to triage high risk first and validate exposure in your environment. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2003-11-17
High

CVE-2003-0717

The Messenger Service for Windows NT through Server 2003 does not properly verify the length of the message, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

Medium

CVE-2003-0830

Buffer overflow in marbles 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Critical

CVE-2003-0831

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow usin…

High

CVE-2003-0833

Stack-based buffer overflow in webfs before 1.20 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating directories that result in a long pathname.

High

CVE-2003-0835

Multiple buffer overflows in asf_http_request of MPlayer before 0.92 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ASX header with a long hostname.

High

CVE-2003-0836

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10 and 10a, and 8.1 before Fixpak 2, allows attackers with "Connect" privileges to execute arbitrary code via a LOAD comma…

High

CVE-2003-0837

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 for Windows, before Fixpak 10a, allows attackers with "Connect" privileges to execute arbitrary code via the INVOKE command.

High

CVE-2003-0840

Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.

High

CVE-2003-0842

Stack-based buffer overflow in mod_gzip_printf for mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a and earlier, and possibly later official versions, when running in debug mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

Medium

CVE-2003-0848

Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be…

High

CVE-2003-0849

Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain packets with modified length values, which is trusted by the ReceiveTransaction fu…

Critical

CVE-2003-0860

Buffer overflows in PHP before 4.3.3 have unknown impact and unknown attack vectors.

Medium

CVE-2003-0864

Buffer overflow in m_join in channel.c for IRCnet IRCD 2.10.x to 2.10.3p3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

High

CVE-2003-0865

Heap-based buffer overflow in readstring of httpget.c for mpg123 0.59r and 0.59s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request.

High

CVE-2003-0870

Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera 7.11 and 7.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HREF with a large number of escaped characters in the server name.

Medium

CVE-2003-0894

Buffer overflow in the (1) oracle and (2) oracleO programs in Oracle 9i Database 9.0.x and 9.2.x before 9.2.0.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

2003-11-04
High

CVE-2003-1141

Buffer overflow in NIPrint 4.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to TCP port 515.

Critical

CVE-2003-1144

Buffer overflow in the log viewing interface in Perception LiteServe 1.25 through 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GET request with a long file name.

2003-11-03
High

CVE-2002-1570

Heap-based buffer overflow in snmpnetstat for ucd-snmp 4.2.3 and earlier, and net-snmp, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple getnextrequest PDU messages with conflicting ifi…

High

CVE-2003-0542

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbit…

Medium

CVE-2003-0895

Buffer overflow in the Mac OS X kernel 10.2.8 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (crash), access portions of memory, and possibly execute arbi…

Critical

CVE-2003-0899

Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that contain '<' or '>' characters, which trigger the overflow when th…

High

CVE-2003-0901

Buffer overflow in to_ascii for PostgreSQL 7.2.x, and 7.3.x before 7.3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Critical

CVE-2003-1192

Stack-based buffer overflow in IA WebMail Server 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.

2003-10-29
High

CVE-2003-1186

Buffer overflow in TelCondex SimpleWebServer 2.12.30210 Build3285 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP Referer header.

2003-10-27
Critical

CVE-2003-1140

Buffer overflow in Musicqueue 1.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long language variable in the configuration file.

High

CVE-2003-1150

Buffer overflow in the portmapper service (PMAP.NLM) in Novell NetWare 6 SP3 and ZenWorks for Desktops 3.2 SP2 through 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…

2003-10-20
Critical

CVE-2003-0347

Heap-based buffer overflow in VBE.DLL and VBE6.DLL of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 5.0 through 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a long ID…

High

CVE-2003-0630

Multiple buffer overflows in the atari800.svgalib setuid program of the Atari 800 emulator (atari800) before 1.2.2 allow local users to gain privileges via long command line arguments, as demonstrate…

High

CVE-2003-0665

Buffer overflow in the ActiveX control for Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer for Access 97, 2000, and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters to the control.

High

CVE-2003-0666

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Wordperfect Converter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via modified data offset and data size parameters in a Corel WordPerfect file.

High

CVE-2003-0686

Buffer overflow in PAM SMB module (pam_smb) 1.1.6 and earlier, when authenticating to a remote service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2003-0689

The getgrouplist function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and execute arbitrary code when a user is a member of a large number…

High

CVE-2003-0707

Buffer overflow in LinuxNode (node) before 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2003-0709

Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option.

High

CVE-2003-0723

Buffer overflow in gkrellmd for gkrellm 2.1.x before 2.1.14 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2003-0725

Buffer overflow in the RTSP protocol parser for the View Source plug-in (vsrcplin.so or vsrcplin3260.dll) for RealNetworks Helix Universal Server 9 and RealSystem Server 8, 7 and RealServer G2 allows…

Low

CVE-2003-0727

Multiple buffer overflows in the XML Database (XDB) functionality for Oracle 9i Database Release 2 allow local users to cause a denial of service or hijack user sessions.

High

CVE-2003-0729

Buffer overflow in Tellurian TftpdNT 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TFTP request with a long filename.

High

CVE-2003-0730

Multiple integer overflows in the font libraries for XFree86 4.3.0 allow local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via heap-based and stack-based buffer overflo…

High

CVE-2003-0743

Heap-based buffer overflow in smtp_in.c for Exim 3 (exim3) before 3.36 and Exim 4 (exim4) before 4.21 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid (1) HELO or (2) EHLO argument…

Critical

CVE-2003-0755

Buffer overflow in sys_cmd.c for gtkftpd 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating long directory names and listing them with a LIST command.

2003-10-06
High

CVE-2003-0681

A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequence…

Critical

CVE-2003-0694

The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.

High

CVE-2003-0758

Buffer overflow in db2dart in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2003-0759

Buffer overflow in db2licm in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10a allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2003-0783

Multiple buffer overflows in hztty 2.0 allow local users to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2003-0805

Multiple buffer overflows in UMN gopher daemon (gopherd) 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long filename as a result of a LIST command, and (2) the GSisTex…

High

CVE-2003-0826

lsh daemon (lshd) does not properly return from certain functions in (1) read_line.c, (2) channel_commands.c, or (3) client_keyexchange.c when long input is provided, which could allow remote attacke…

2003-10-03
Medium

CVE-2003-1053

Multiple buffer overflows in XShisen allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -KCONV command line option or (2) XSHISENLIB environment variable.

2003-09-22
High

CVE-2003-0772

Multiple buffer overflows in WS_FTP 3 and 4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long (1) APPE (append) or (2) STAT (status) arguments.

Critical

CVE-2003-0780

Buffer overflow in get_salt_from_password from sql_acl.cc for MySQL 4.0.14 and earlier, and 3.23.x, allows attackers with ALTER TABLE privileges to execute arbitrary code via a long Password field.

2003-09-17
Critical

CVE-2003-0528

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface in the RPCSS Service allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed RPC request with a long fi…

High

CVE-2003-0705

Buffer overflow in mah-jong 1.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Critical

CVE-2003-0715

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface in the RPCSS Service allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DCERPC DCOM object activat…

High

CVE-2003-0720

Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message/external-body MIME type.

High

CVE-2003-0761

Buffer overflow in the get_msg_text of chan_sip.c in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) protocol implementation for Asterisk releases before August 15, 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arb…

High

CVE-2003-0762

Buffer overflow in (1) foxweb.dll and (2) foxweb.exe of Foxweb 2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL (PATH_INFO value).

High

CVE-2003-0766

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in FTP Desktop client 3.5, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, (2) a long response…

High

CVE-2003-0767

Buffer overflow in RogerWilco graphical server 1.4.1.6 and earlier, dedicated server 0.32a and earlier for Windows, and 0.27 and earlier for Linux and BSD, allows remote attackers to cause a denial o…

2003-08-27
High

CVE-2003-0149

Heap-based buffer overflow in ePO agent for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a POST request containing long parameters.

High

CVE-2003-0232

Microsoft SQL Server 7, 2000, and MSDE allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain request to the Local Procedure Calls (LPC) port that leads to a buffer overflow.

High

CVE-2003-0346

Multiple integer overflows in a Microsoft Windows DirectX MIDI library (QUARTZ.DLL) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MIDI (.mid) file with (1) large length for a Text or Copyrig…

High

CVE-2003-0353

Buffer overflow in a component of SQL-DMO for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a broadcast request to U…

Critical

CVE-2003-0466

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via command…

High

CVE-2003-0530

Buffer overflow in the BR549.DLL ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Medium

CVE-2003-0562

Buffer overflow in the CGI2PERL.NLM PERL handler in Novell Netware 5.1 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) via a long input string.

Critical

CVE-2003-0575

Heap-based buffer overflow in the name services daemon (nsd) in SGI IRIX 6.5.x through 6.5.21f, and possibly earlier versions, allows attackers to gain root privileges via the AUTH_UNIX gid list.

High

CVE-2003-0595

Buffer overflow in WiTango Application Server and Tango 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long cookie to Witango_UserReference.

High

CVE-2003-0609

Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

Medium

CVE-2003-0611

Multiple buffer overflows in xtokkaetama 1.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -display command line argument or (2) XTOKKAETAMADIR environment variable.

Medium

CVE-2003-0613

Buffer overflow in zblast-svgalib of zblast 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the high score file.

Medium

CVE-2003-0620

Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in…

High

CVE-2003-0632

Buffer overflow in the Oracle Applications Web Report Review (FNDWRR) CGI program (FNDWRR.exe) of Oracle E-Business Suite 11.0 and 11.5.1 through 11.5.8 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrar…

High

CVE-2003-0634

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PL/SQL EXTPROC functionality for Oracle9i Database Release 2 and 1, and Oracle 8i, allows authenticated database users, and arbitrary database users in some cases,…

High

CVE-2003-0638

Multiple buffer overflows in Novell iChain 2.1 before Field Patch 3, and iChain 2.2 before Field Patch 1a, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) and possibly execute arbitrary code via…

High

CVE-2003-0646

Multiple buffer overflows in ActiveX controls used by Trend Micro HouseCall 5.5 and 5.7, and Damage Cleanup Server 1.0, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameter strings.

High

CVE-2003-0647

Buffer overflow in the HTTP server for Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an extremely long (2GB) HTTP GET request.

High

CVE-2003-0649

Buffer overflow in xpcd-svga for xpcd 2.08 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

High

CVE-2003-0651

Buffer overflow in the mylo_log logging function for mod_mylo 0.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

Medium

CVE-2003-0652

Buffer overflow in xtokkaetama allows local users to gain privileges via a long -nickname command line argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0611.

High

CVE-2003-0654

Buffer overflow in autorespond may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as the autorespond user via qmail.

High

CVE-2003-0685

Buffer overflow in Netris 0.52 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote malicious Netris servers to execute arbitrary code on netris clients via a long server response.

High

CVE-2003-0701

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for certain languages that support double-byte encodings (e.g., Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Type property of an Obje…

2003-08-18
High

CVE-2003-0345

Buffer overflow in the SMB capability for Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, and NT allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SMB packet that specifies…

High

CVE-2003-0352

Buffer overflow in a certain DCOM interface for RPC in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message, as exploited by t…

Medium

CVE-2003-0518

The screen saver in MacOS X allows users with physical access to cause the screen saver to crash and gain access to the underlying session via a large number of characters in the password field, poss…

High

CVE-2003-0535

Buffer overflow in xbl 1.0k and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long -display command line option.

High

CVE-2003-0553

Buffer overflow in the Client Detection Tool (CDT) plugin (npcdt.dll) for Netscape 7.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a long filename.

High

CVE-2003-0558

Buffer overflow in LeapFTP 2.7.3.600 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long IP address response to a PASV request.

High

CVE-2003-0561

Multiple buffer overflows in IglooFTP PRO 3.8 allow remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, or long responses to the client commands (2) USER, (3) PASS, (4) ACCT, and…

High

CVE-2003-0580

Buffer overflow in uvadmsh in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier allows the uvadm user to execute arbitrary code via a long -uv.install command line argument.

High

CVE-2003-0583

Buffer overflow in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

2003-08-07
High

CVE-2003-0450

Cistron RADIUS daemon (radiusd-cistron) 1.6.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large value in an NAS-Port attribute, which is…

Medium

CVE-2003-0451

Multiple buffer overflows in xbl before 1.0k allow local users to gain privileges via certain long command line arguments.

Medium

CVE-2003-0452

Buffer overflows in osh before 1.7-11 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and bypass shell restrictions via (1) long environment variables or (2) long "file redirections."

Critical

CVE-2003-0453

traceroute-nanog 6.1.1 allows local users to overwrite unauthorized memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain "nprobes" and "max_ttl" arguments that cause an integer overflow that is use…

High

CVE-2003-0454

Multiple buffer overflows in xgalaga 2.0.34 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

High

CVE-2003-0469

Buffer overflow in the HTML Converter (HTML32.cnv) on various Windows operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via cut-and-pa…

High

CVE-2003-0470

Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security Check service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary co…

High

CVE-2003-0471

Buffer overflow in WebAdmin.exe for WebAdmin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request to WebAdmin.dll with a long USER argument.

Medium

CVE-2003-0485

Buffer overflow in Progress 4GL Compiler 9.1D06 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via source code containing a long, invalid data type.

High

CVE-2003-0487

Multiple buffer overflows in Kerio MailServer 5.6.3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long showuser parameter in the do_subsc…

High

CVE-2003-0503

Buffer overflow in the ShellExecute API function of SHELL32.DLL in Windows 2000 before SP4 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long third argument.

High

CVE-2003-0507

Stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory in Windows 2000 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an LDAP version 3 sear…

High

CVE-2003-0508

Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.

2003-07-24
High

CVE-2003-0349

Buffer overflow in the streaming media component for logging multicast requests in the ISAPI for the logging capability of Microsoft Windows Media Services (nsiislog.dll), as installed in IIS 5.0, al…

High

CVE-2003-0427

Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a long filename.

High

CVE-2003-0429

The OSI dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, possibly triggering…

High

CVE-2003-0433

Multiple buffer overflows in gnocatan 0.6.1 and earlier allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2003-0435

Buffer overflow in net_swapscore for typespeed 0.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2003-0436

Buffer overflow in search.cgi for mnoGoSearch 3.1.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ul parameter.

High

CVE-2003-0437

Buffer overflow in search.cgi for mnoGoSearch 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long tmplt parameter.

High

CVE-2003-0445

Buffer overflow in webfs before 1.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long Request-URI.

2003-07-03
High

CVE-2003-1055

Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup.

2003-07-02
High

CVE-2003-0380

Buffer overflow in atftp daemon (atftpd) 0.6.1 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long fi…

Medium

CVE-2003-0382

Buffer overflow in Eterm 0.9.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long ETERMPATH environment variable.

High

CVE-2003-0385

Buffer overflow in xaos 3.0-23 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -language option.

Medium

CVE-2003-0390

Multiple buffer overflows in Options Parsing Tool (OPT) shared library 3.18 and earlier, when used in setuid programs, may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options th…

Medium

CVE-2003-0396

Buffer overflow in les for ATM on Linux (linux-atm) before 2.4.1, if used setuid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -f command line argument.