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
2001-06-22
High

CVE-2001-1328

Buffer overflow in ypbind daemon in Solaris 5.4 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

2001-06-18
Critical

CVE-2001-0247

Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat,…

Critical

CVE-2001-0248

Buffer overflow in FTP server in HPUX 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the STAT command, which uses glob to generate long strings.

High

CVE-2001-0397

Buffer overflow in Silent Runner Collector (SRC) 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long SMTP HELO command.

High

CVE-2001-0401

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

High

CVE-2001-0410

Buffer overflow in Trend Micro Virus Buster 2001 8.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long "From" header.

Critical

CVE-2001-0414

Buffer overflow in ntpd ntp daemon 4.0.99k and earlier (aka xntpd and xntp3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long readvar argument.

High

CVE-2001-0433

Buffer overflow in Savant 3.0 web server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long Host HTTP header.

2001-06-16
Critical

CVE-2001-1163

Buffer overflow in Munica Corporation NetSQL 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long CONNECT argument to port 6500.

2001-06-15
Medium

CVE-2001-1077

Buffer overflow in tt_printf function of rxvt 2.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -T or (2) -name argument.

2001-06-13
Medium

CVE-2001-1148

Multiple buffer overflows in programs used by scoadmin and sysadmsh in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a and earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environment variable to (1) atcronsh, (2)…

2001-06-11
High

CVE-2001-1329

Buffer overflow in rsh on AIX 4.2.0.0 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2001-1330

Buffer overflow in rsh on AIX 4.2.0.0 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

2001-06-06
Medium

CVE-2001-1263

telnet95.exe in Pragma InterAccess 4.0 build 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of characters to port 23, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

2001-06-02
High

CVE-2001-0164

Buffer overflow in Netscape Directory Server 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a malformed recipient field.

High

CVE-2001-0220

Buffer overflow in ja-elvis and ko-helvis ports of elvis allow local users to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2001-0221

Buffer overflow in ja-xklock 2.7.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.

Medium

CVE-2001-0230

Buffer overflow in dc20ctrl before 0.4_1 in FreeBSD, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges.

High

CVE-2001-0257

Buffer overflow in Easycom/Safecom Print Server Web service, version 404.590 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long URL or (2) a long HTTP header field such…

High

CVE-2001-0260

Buffer overflow in Lotus Domino Mail Server 5.0.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to crash the server or execute arbitrary code via a long "RCPT TO" command.

High

CVE-2001-0299

Buffer overflow in Voyager web administration server for Nokia IP440 allows local users to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long URL.

High

CVE-2001-0314

Buffer overflow in www.tol module in America Online (AOL) 5.0 may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long URL in a link.

Critical

CVE-2001-1046

Buffer overflow in qpopper (aka qpop or popper) 4.0 through 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long username.

2001-05-30
High

CVE-2001-0781

Buffer overflow in SpoonFTP 1.0.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the commands (1) CWD or (2) LIST.

2001-05-28
High

CVE-2001-1028

Buffer overflow in ultimate_source function of man 1.5 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

2001-05-22
High

CVE-2001-0551

Buffer overflow in CDE Print Viewer (dtprintinfo) allows local users to execute arbitrary code by copying text from the clipboard into the Help window.

2001-05-16
High

CVE-2001-1323

Buffer overflow in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via base-64 encoded data, which is not properly han…

2001-05-10
High

CVE-2001-1332

Buffer overflows in Linux CUPS before 1.1.6 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

2001-05-03
High

CVE-2001-0145

Buffer overflow in VCard handler in Outlook 2000 and 98, and Outlook Express 5.x, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed vCard birthday field.

Critical

CVE-2001-0147

Buffer overflow in Windows 2000 event viewer snap-in allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed field that is improperly handled during the detailed view of event records.

High

CVE-2001-0153

Buffer overflow in VB-TSQL debugger object (vbsdicli.exe) in Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0165

Buffer overflow in ximp40 shared library in Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "arg0" (process name) argument.

High

CVE-2001-0167

Buffer overflow in AT&T WinVNC (Virtual Network Computing) client 3.3.3r7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long rfbConnFailed packet with a long reason string.

Critical

CVE-2001-0168

Buffer overflow in AT&T WinVNC (Virtual Network Computing) server 3.3.3r7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP GET request when the DebugLevel registry ke…

Critical

CVE-2001-0171

Buffer overflow in SlimServe HTTPd 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long GET request.

Critical

CVE-2001-0173

Buffer overflow in qDecoder library 5.08 and earlier, as used in CrazyWWWBoard, CrazySearch, and other CGI programs, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long MIME Content-Type…

High

CVE-2001-0174

Buffer overflow in Trend Micro Virus Buster 2001 8.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a large "To" address.

Critical

CVE-2001-0191

gnuserv before 3.12, as shipped with XEmacs, does not properly check the specified length of an X Windows MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE cookie, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a bu…

Critical

CVE-2001-0192

Buffer overflows in CTRLServer in XMail allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the cfgfileget or domaindel functions.

Critical

CVE-2001-0194

Buffer overflow in httpGets function in CUPS 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long input line.

High

CVE-2001-0198

Buffer overflow in QuickTime Player plugin 4.1.2 (Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long HREF parameter in an EMBED tag.

Critical

CVE-2001-0213

Buffer overflow in pi program in PlanetIntra 2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Medium

CVE-2001-0227

Buffer overflow in BiblioWeb web server 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP GET request.

Critical

CVE-2001-0236

Buffer overflow in Solaris snmpXdmid SNMP to DMI mapper daemon allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long "indication" event.

Critical

CVE-2001-0277

Buffer overflow in ext.dll in BadBlue 1.02.07 Personal Edition allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP GET request.

High

CVE-2001-0279

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2001-0280

Buffer overflow in MERCUR SMTP server 3.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long EXPN command.

Critical

CVE-2001-0284

Buffer overflow in IPSEC authentication mechanism for OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Authenticati…

Critical

CVE-2001-0285

Buffer overflow in A1 HTTP server 1.0a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP request.

Critical

CVE-2001-0291

Buffer overflow in post-query sample CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP POST request that contains at least 10001 parameters.

Critical

CVE-2001-0296

Buffer overflow in WFTPD Pro 3.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long CWD command.

Medium

CVE-2001-0298

Buffer overflow in WebReflex 1.55 HTTPd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long HTTP GET request.

Critical

CVE-2001-0301

Buffer overflow in Analog before 4.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using the ALIAS command to construct large strings.

Medium

CVE-2001-0302

Buffer overflow in tstisapi.dll in Pi3Web 1.0.1 web server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long URL.

High

CVE-2001-0325

Buffer overflow in QNX RTP 5.60 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments to the stat command.

2001-04-21
Medium

CVE-2001-1442

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

2001-03-26
High

CVE-2001-0172

Buffer overflow in ReiserFS 3.5.28 in SuSE Linux allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands by via a long directory name.

High

CVE-2001-0190

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/cu in Solaris 2.8 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges by executing cu with a long program name (arg0).

Critical

CVE-2001-0207

Buffer overflow in bing allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname, which is copied to a small buffer after a reverse DNS lookup using the gethostbyaddr function.

Critical

CVE-2001-0209

Buffer overflow in Shoutcast Distributed Network Audio Server (DNAS) 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long description.

Critical

CVE-2001-0223

Buffer overflow in wwwwais allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long QUERY_STRING (HTTP GET request).

Critical

CVE-2001-0233

Buffer overflow in micq client 0.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long Description field.

2001-03-13
High

CVE-2001-1230

Buffer overflows in Icecast before 1.3.10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code.

2001-03-12
Medium

CVE-1999-0681

Buffer overflow in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (PWS) 3.0.2.926 on Windows 95, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL.

Medium

CVE-1999-0729

Buffer overflow in Lotus Notes LDAP (NLDAP) allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service through the ldap_search request.

Medium

CVE-1999-0945

Buffer overflow in Internet Mail Service (IMS) for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via AUTH or AUTHINFO commands.

Critical

CVE-2000-0306

Buffer overflow in calserver in SCO OpenServer allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long message.

High

CVE-2001-0110

Buffer overflow in jaZip Zip/Jaz drive manager allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environmental variable.

High

CVE-2001-0112

Multiple buffer overflows in splitvt before 1.6.5 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0115

Buffer overflow in arp command in Solaris 7 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -f parameter.

High

CVE-2001-0124

Buffer overflow in exrecover in Solaris 2.6 and earlier possibly allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2001-0127

Buffer overflow in Olivier Debon Flash plugin (not the Macromedia plugin) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DefineSound tag.

Critical

CVE-2001-0129

Buffer overflow in Tinyproxy HTTP proxy 1.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long connect request.

Critical

CVE-2001-0130

Buffer overflow in HTML parser of the Lotus R5 Domino Server before 5.06, and Domino Client before 5.05, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands v…

Critical

CVE-2001-0134

Buffer overflow in cpqlogin.htm in web-enabled agents for various Compaq management software products such as Insight Manager and Management Agents allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary comman…

High

CVE-2001-1229

Buffer overflows in (1) Icecast before 1.3.9 and (2) libshout before 1.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code.

2001-02-16
High

CVE-2001-0035

Buffer overflow in the kdc_reply_cipher function in KTH Kerberos IV allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long authentication request.

High

CVE-2001-0044

Multiple buffer overflows in Lexmark MarkVision printer driver programs allows local users to gain privileges via long arguments to the cat_network, cat_paraller, and cat_serial commands.

Critical

CVE-2001-0050

Buffer overflow in BitchX IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via an IP address that resolves to a long DNS hostname or domain name.

Low

CVE-2001-1439

Buffer overflow in the text editor functionality in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.04 on HP9000 Series 700 and Series 800 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("system availability") via text edit…

2001-02-12
Critical

CVE-2000-0895

Buffer overflow in HTTP server on the WatchGuard SOHO firewall allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.

Medium

CVE-2001-0005

Buffer overflow in the parsing mechanism of the file loader in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Medium

CVE-2001-0007

Buffer overflow in NetScreen Firewall WebUI allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL request to the web administration interface.

Critical

CVE-2001-0010

Buffer overflow in transaction signature (TSIG) handling code in BIND 8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2001-0011

Buffer overflow in nslookupComplain function in BIND 4 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2001-0028

Buffer overflow in the HTML parsing code in oops WWW proxy server 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of " (quotation) characters.

Critical

CVE-2001-0029

Buffer overflow in oops WWW proxy server 1.4.6 (and possibly other versions) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long host or domain name that is obtained from a reverse DNS l…

Critical

CVE-2001-0053

One-byte buffer overflow in replydirname function in BSD-based ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2001-0065

Buffer overflow in bftpd 1.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long SITE CHOWN command.

Critical

CVE-2001-0070

Buffer overflow in 1st Up Mail Server 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long MAIL FROM command.

Low

CVE-2001-0073

Buffer overflow in the find_default_type function in libsecure in NSA Security-enhanced Linux, which may allow attackers to modify critical data in memory.

High

CVE-2001-0085

Buffer overflow in Kermit communications software in HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2001-0094

Buffer overflow in kdc_reply_cipher of libkrb (Kerberos 4 authentication library) in NetBSD 1.5 and FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, as used in Kerberised applications such as telnetd and login, allows local…

Critical

CVE-2001-0098

Buffer overflow in Bea WebLogic Server before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL that begins with a ".." string.

2001-02-09
High

CVE-2001-1453

Buffer overflow in libmysqlclient.so in MySQL 3.23.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long host parameter.

High

CVE-2001-1454

Buffer overflow in MySQL before 3.23.33 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long drop database request.

2001-01-23
High

CVE-2001-1274

Buffer overflow in MySQL before 3.23.31 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.

2001-01-09
Critical

CVE-2000-1089

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Phone Book Service allows local users to execute arbitrary commands, aka the "Phone Book Service Buffer Overflow" vulnerability.

High

CVE-2000-1093

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long "goim" command.

High

CVE-2000-1094

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long "src" argument.

High

CVE-2000-1113

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Active Stream Redirector (.ASX) file, aka the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerabili…

High

CVE-2000-1115

Buffer overflow in remote web administration component (webprox.dll) of 602Pro LAN SUITE before 2000.0.1.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary command…

High

CVE-2000-1116

Buffer overflow in TransSoft Broker FTP Server before 4.3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long command.

Medium

CVE-2000-1119

Buffer overflow in setsenv command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long "x=" argument.

High

CVE-2000-1120

Buffer overflow in digest command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2000-1121

Buffer overflow in enq command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -M argument.

High

CVE-2000-1122

Buffer overflow in setclock command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument.

High

CVE-2000-1123

Buffer overflow in pioout command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands.

High

CVE-2000-1124

Buffer overflow in piobe command in IBM AIX 4.3.x allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.

Medium

CVE-2000-1147

Buffer overflow in IIS ISAPI .ASP parsing mechanism allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string to the "LANGUAGE" argument in a script tag.

High

CVE-2000-1149

Buffer overflow in RegAPI.DLL used by Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long username, aka the "Terminal Server Login Buffer Overflow" vulnera…

Critical

CVE-2000-1157

Buffer overflow in NAI Sniffer Agent allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long SNMP community name.

High

CVE-2000-1170

Buffer overflow in Netsnap webcam HTTP server before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long GET request.

Critical

CVE-2000-1172

Buffer overflow in Gaim 0.10.3 and earlier using the OSCAR protocol allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTML tag.

High

CVE-2000-1174

Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a packet with a long username.

High

CVE-2000-1175

Buffer overflow in Koules 1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long command line argument.

Medium

CVE-2000-1180

Buffer overflow in cmctl program in Oracle 8.1.5 Connection Manager Control allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2000-1183

Buffer overflow in socks5 server on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long connection request.

High

CVE-2000-1186

Buffer overflow in phf CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a large number of arguments and including a long MIME header.

High

CVE-2000-1187

Buffer overflow in the HTML parser for Netscape 4.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long password value in a form field.