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, 2728 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
2001-10-18
High

CVE-2001-0742

Buffer overflow in Computalynx CMail POP3 mail server 2.4.9 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via a long HELO command.

Critical

CVE-2001-0746

Buffer overflow in Web Publisher in iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a request for a…

High

CVE-2001-0747

Buffer overflow in iPlanet Web Server (iWS) Enterprise Edition 4.1, service packs 3 through 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long meth…

High

CVE-2001-0755

Buffer overflow in ftp daemon (ftpd) 6.2 in Debian GNU/Linux allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SITE command.

High

CVE-2001-0759

Buffer overflow in bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.8.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a file or directory with a long pathname, which is processed during an unmount.

High

CVE-2001-0761

Buffer overflow in HttpSave.dll in Trend Micro InterScan WebManager 1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value to a certain parameter.

Medium

CVE-2001-0762

Buffer overflow in su-wrapper 1.1.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument.

High

CVE-2001-0763

Buffer overflow in Linux xinetd 2.1.8.9pre11-1 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ident response, which is not properly handled by the svc_logprint function.

High

CVE-2001-0764

Buffer overflow in ntping in scotty 2.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname as a command line argument.

High

CVE-2001-0770

Buffer overflow in GuildFTPd Server 0.97 allows remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long SITE command.

Medium

CVE-2001-0772

Buffer overflows and other vulnerabilities in multiple Common Desktop Environment (CDE) modules in HP-UX 10.10 through 11.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain additional…

High

CVE-2001-0775

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.

Medium

CVE-2001-0776

Buffer overflow in DynFX MailServer version 2.10 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via a long username to the POP3 service.

Critical

CVE-2001-0779

Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.

Medium

CVE-2001-0794

Buffer overflow in A-FTP Anonymous FTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long USER command.

2001-10-16
High

CVE-2001-1015

Buffer overflow in Snes9x 1.37, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

2001-10-12
High

CVE-2001-1283

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mailbox name that contains a large number of . (dot) or other ch…

High

CVE-2001-1287

Buffer overflow in Web Calendar in Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

2001-10-09
Medium

CVE-2001-1095

Buffer overflow in uuq in AIX 4 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -r parameter.

Medium

CVE-2001-1096

Buffer overflows in muxatmd in AIX 4 allows an attacker to cause a core dump and possibly execute code.

2001-10-08
High

CVE-2001-1128

Buffer overflow in Progress database 8.3D and 9.1C allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long entries in files that are specified by the (1) PROMSGS or (2) PROTERMCAP environment variables.

2001-10-05
High

CVE-2001-1127

Buffer overflow in Progress database 8.3D and 9.1C could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code via (1) _proapsv, (2) _mprosrv, (3) _mprshut, (4) orarx, (5) sqlcpp, (6) _probrkr, (7) _sqlschema…

2001-10-03
High

CVE-2001-0670

Buffer overflow in BSD line printer daemon (in.lpd or lpd) in various BSD-based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an incomplete print job followed by a request t…

2001-10-01
High

CVE-2001-1123

Vulnerability in Network Node Manager (NNM) 6.2 and earlier in HP OpenView allows a local user to execute arbitrary code, possibly via a buffer overflow in a long hostname or object ID.

Medium

CVE-2001-1124

rpcbind in HP-UX 11.00, 11.04 and 11.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) via a malformed RPC portmap requests, possibly related to a buffer overflow.

2001-09-26
Medium

CVE-2001-1293

Buffer overflow in web server of 3com HomeConnect Cable Modem External with USB (#3CR29223) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request.

2001-09-22
High

CVE-2001-0955

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of cha…

2001-09-21
High

CVE-2001-0940

Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long user name.

2001-09-20
High

CVE-2001-0506

Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll in IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows local users to gain system privileges via a Server-Side Includes (SSI) directive for a long filename, which triggers the overflow when the direc…

High

CVE-2001-0541

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Windows Media Station (.NSC) file.

High

CVE-2001-0636

Buffer overflows in Raytheon SilentRunner allow remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service in the collector (cle.exe) component of SilentRunner 2.0 via traffic containing long passwords, or (2…

Medium

CVE-2001-0641

Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.

Medium

CVE-2001-0659

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA pac…

High

CVE-2001-0668

Buffer overflow in line printer daemon (rlpdaemon) in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Medium

CVE-2001-0678

A buffer overflow in reggo.dll file used by Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall prior to 3.51 build 1349 for Windows NT 3.5 and InterScan WebManager 1.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Medium

CVE-2001-0681

Buffer overflow in ftpd in QPC QVT/Net 5.0 and QVT/Term 5.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long (1) username or (2) password.

Medium

CVE-2001-0686

Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allows a local user to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Medium

CVE-2001-0691

Buffer overflows in Washington University imapd 2000a through 2000c could allow local users without shell access to execute code as themselves in certain configurations.

High

CVE-2001-0699

Buffer overflow in cb_reset in the System Service Processor (SSP) package of SunOS 5.8 allows a local user to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

High

CVE-2001-0700

Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.

High

CVE-2001-0701

Buffer overflow in ptexec in the Sun Validation Test Suite 4.3 and earlier allows a local user to gain privileges via a long -o argument.

High

CVE-2001-0964

Buffer overflow in client for Half-Life 1.1.0.8 and earlier allows malicious remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long console command.

2001-09-18
Critical

CVE-2001-0961

Buffer overflow in tab expansion capability of the most program allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed file that is viewed with most.

2001-09-12
High

CVE-2001-0958

Buffer overflows in eManager plugin for Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall for NT 3.51 and 3.51J allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the CGI programs (1) register.dll,…

High

CVE-2001-1112

Buffer overflow in EFTP 2.0.7.337 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .lnk file containing a large number of characters.

2001-09-10
High

CVE-2001-1093

Buffer overflow in msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

2001-09-04
High

CVE-2001-1456

Buffer overflow in the (1) smap/smapd and (2) CSMAP daemons for Gauntlet Firewall 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mail message.

2001-09-03
High

CVE-2001-0979

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

2001-08-31
High

CVE-2000-1192

Buffer overflow in BTT Software SNMP Trap Watcher 1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long string trap.

Critical

CVE-2001-1027

Buffer overflow in WindowMaker (aka wmaker) 0.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long window title.

High

CVE-2001-1062

Buffer overflow in mana in OpenServer 5.0.6a and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

High

CVE-2001-1063

Buffer overflow in uidadmin in Caldera Open Unix 8.0.0 and UnixWare 7 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -S (scheme) command line argument.

Critical

CVE-2001-1067

Buffer overflow in AOLserver 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via an HTTP request with a long Authorization header.

2001-08-29
High

CVE-2001-1389

Multiple vulnerabilities in xinetd 2.3.0 and earlier, and additional variants until 2.3.3, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code, primarily via buffer over…

2001-08-22
Medium

CVE-2001-0560

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).

Medium

CVE-2001-0575

Buffer overflow in lpshut in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long first argument to lpshut.

Medium

CVE-2001-0576

lpusers as included with SCO OpenServer 5.0 through 5.0.6 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the '-u' command line parameter.

High

CVE-2001-0577

recon in SCO OpenServer 5.0 through 5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the first command line argument.

Medium

CVE-2001-0578

Buffer overflow in lpforms in SCO OpenServer 5.0-5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long first argument to the lpforms command.

High

CVE-2001-0579

lpadmin in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the first argument to the command.

High

CVE-2001-0587

deliver program in MMDF 2.43.3b in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in the first argument to the command.

Medium

CVE-2001-0588

sendmail 8.9.3, as included with the MMDF 2.43.3b package in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6, can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in the first argument to the command.

Medium

CVE-2001-1294

Buffer overflow in A-V Tronics Inetserv 3.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) in the Webmail interface via a long username and password.

2001-08-14
High

CVE-2001-0525

Buffer overflow in dsh in dqs 3.2.7 in SuSE Linux 7.0 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a long first command line argument.

Medium

CVE-2001-0526

Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWINHOME environment variable.

High

CVE-2001-0533

Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Medium

CVE-2001-0548

Buffer overflow in dtmail in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via the MAIL environment variable.

Critical

CVE-2001-0554

Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a set of options including AYT (Are You There), which is not…

Medium

CVE-2001-0565

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

High

CVE-2001-0611

Becky! 2.00.05 and earlier can allow a remote attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack on long messages without newline characters.

Critical

CVE-2001-0629

HP Event Correlation Service (ecsd) as included with OpenView Network Node Manager 6.1 allows a remote attacker to gain addition privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the '-restore_config' comm…

2001-08-13
Critical

CVE-2001-1113

Buffer overflow in TrollFTPD 1.26 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating a series of deeply nested directories with long names, then running the ls -R (recursive) comman…

2001-08-03
Medium

CVE-2001-1304

Buffer overflow in SHOUTcast Server 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via several HTTP requests with a long (1) user-agent or (2) host HTTP header.

2001-08-02
Medium

CVE-2001-0594

kcms_configure as included with Solaris 7 and 8 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in a command line argument.

Medium

CVE-2001-0595

Buffer overflow in the kcsSUNWIOsolf.so library in Solaris 7 and 8 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the KCMS_PROFILES environment variable, e.g. as demonstrated using the kcms…

2001-07-26
High

CVE-2001-1021

Buffer overflows in WS_FTP 2.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to (1) DELE, (2) MDTM, (3) MLST, (4) MKD, (5) RMD, (6) RNFR, (7) RNTO, (8) SIZE, (9) STAT, (10) XMK…

2001-07-23
High

CVE-2001-0989

Buffer overflows in Pileup before 1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges via (1) long command line arguments, or (2) a long callsign.

2001-07-21
High

CVE-2001-0341

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Studio RAD Support sub-component of FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long registration request (URL) to fp30…

Critical

CVE-2001-0353

Buffer overflow in the line printer daemon (in.lpd) for Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to gain root privileges via a "transfer job" routine.

Critical

CVE-2001-0499

Buffer overflow in Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long argument to the commands (1) STATUS, (2) PING, (3)…

Critical

CVE-2001-0500

Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 2000 in IIS 6.0 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument to Int…

Critical

CVE-2001-0534

Multiple buffer overflows in RADIUS daemon radiusd in (1) Merit 3.6b and (2) Lucent 2.1-2 RADIUS allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

2001-07-20
Critical

CVE-2001-1355

Buffer overflows in NetWin Authentication Module (NWAuth) 3.0b and earlier, as implemented in DMail, SurgeFTP, and possibly other packages, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via long ar…

2001-07-17
High

CVE-2001-1279

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that tri…

2001-07-16
High

CVE-2001-0975

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Oracle Internet Directory Server (LDAP) 2.1.1.x and 3.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite.

High

CVE-2001-1307

Buffer overflows in iPlanet Directory Server 4.1.4 and earlier (LDAP) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LD…

High

CVE-2001-1309

Buffer overflows in IBM SecureWay 3.2.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite.

High

CVE-2001-1311

Buffer overflows in Lotus Domino R5 before R5.0.7a allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite.

High

CVE-2001-1314

Buffer overflows in Critical Path (1) InJoin Directory Server or (2) LiveContent Directory allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstr…

High

CVE-2001-1316

Buffer overflows in Teamware Office Enterprise Directory allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test su…

High

CVE-2001-1320

Network Associates PGP Keyserver 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via exceptional BER encodings (possibly buffer overflows), as dem…

2001-07-11
High

CVE-2001-1178

Buffer overflow in xman allows local users to gain privileges via a long MANPATH environment variable.

2001-07-05
High

CVE-2001-1076

Buffer overflow in whodo in Solaris SunOS 5.5.1 through 5.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) SOR or (2) CFIME environment variable.

2001-07-02
High

CVE-2001-0262

Buffer overflow in Netscape SmartDownload 1.3 allows remote attackers (malicious web pages) to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.

High

CVE-2001-0419

Buffer overflow in shared library ndwfn4.so for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1, when used as a web listener for Oracle application server 4.0.8.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands…

High

CVE-2001-0422

Buffer overflow in Xsun in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long HOME environmental variable.

High

CVE-2001-0423

Buffer overflow in ipcs in Solaris 7 x86 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ (timezone) environmental variable, a different vulnerability than CAN-2002-0093.

High

CVE-2001-0426

Buffer overflow in dtsession on Solaris, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Critical

CVE-2001-0432

Buffer overflows in various CGI programs in the remote administration service for Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall 3.01 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0440

Buffer overflow in logging functions of licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0443

Buffer overflow in QPC QVT/Net Popd 4.20 in QVT/Net 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via (1) a long username, or (2) a long password.

Critical

CVE-2001-0464

Buffer overflow in websync.exe in Cyberscheduler allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long tzs (timezone) parameter.

2001-06-29
Medium

CVE-2001-1250

vWebServer 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a small number of long URL requests, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

2001-06-27
Critical

CVE-2001-0241

Buffer overflow in Internet Printing ISAPI extension in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long print request that is passed to the extension through IIS 5.0.

High

CVE-2001-0242

Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant o…

High

CVE-2001-0244

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Index Server 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long search parameter.

High

CVE-2001-0331

Buffer overflow in Embedded Support Partner (ESP) daemon (rpc.espd) in IRIX 6.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0358

Buffer overflows in Sierra Half-Life build 1573 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long map command, (2) a long exec command, or (3) long input in a configuration…

High

CVE-2001-0369

Buffer overflow in lpsched on DGUX version R4.20MU06 and MU02 allows a local attacker to obtain root access via a long command line argument (non-existent printer name).

High

CVE-2001-0441

Buffer overflow in (1) wrapping and (2) unwrapping functions of slrn news reader before 0.9.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long message header.

High

CVE-2001-0442

Buffer overflow in Mercury MTA POP3 server for NetWare 1.48 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long APOP command.

Medium

CVE-2001-0449

Buffer overflow in WinZip 8.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long file name that is processed by the /zipandemail command line option.

High

CVE-2001-0458

Multiple buffer overflows in ePerl before 2.2.14-0.7 allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0459

Buffer overflows in ascdc Afterstep while running setuid allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) -d option, (2) -m option, or (3) -f option.

High

CVE-2001-0468

Buffer overflow in FTPFS allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

High

CVE-2001-0470

Buffer overflow in SNMP proxy agent snmpd in Solaris 8 may allow local users to gain root privileges by calling snmpd with a long program name.

High

CVE-2001-0476

Multiple buffer overflows in s.cgi program in Aspseek search engine 1.03 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long HTTP query string, or (2) a long tmpl paramete…

High

CVE-2001-0490

Buffer overflow in WINAMP 2.6x and 2.7x allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an AIP file.

High

CVE-2001-0494

Buffer overflow in IPSwitch IMail SMTP server 6.06 and possibly prior versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long From: header.

High

CVE-2001-1164

Buffer overflow in uucp utilities in UnixWare 7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) uucp, (2) uux, (3) bnuconvert, (4) uucico, (5) uuxcmd, or (6) uuxqt.