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
2000-06-01
Critical

CVE-2000-0509

Buffer overflows in the finger and whois demonstration scripts in Sambar Server 4.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname.

2000-05-30
Medium

CVE-2000-0486

Buffer overflow in Cisco TACACS+ tac_plus server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet with a long length field.

Critical

CVE-2000-0488

Buffer overflow in ITHouse mail server 1.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long RCPT TO mail command.

2000-05-29
High

CVE-2000-0454

Buffer overflow in Linux cdrecord allows local users to gain privileges via the dev parameter.

Low

CVE-2000-0455

Buffer overflow in xlockmore xlock program version 4.16 and earlier allows local users to read sensitive data from memory via a long -mode option.

2000-05-27
High

CVE-2000-0460

Buffer overflow in KDE kdesud on Linux allows local uses to gain privileges via a long DISPLAY environmental variable.

2000-05-24
Critical

CVE-2000-0398

Buffer overflow in wconsole.dll in Rockliffe MailSite Management Agent allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long query_string parameter in the HTTP GET request.

Medium

CVE-2000-0399

Buffer overflow in MDaemon POP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long user name.

High

CVE-2000-0446

Buffer overflow in MDBMS database server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string.

Critical

CVE-2000-0491

Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY request.

2000-05-22
High

CVE-2000-0438

Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.

2000-05-18
Critical

CVE-2000-0437

Buffer overflow in the CyberPatrol daemon "cyberdaemon" used in gauntlet and WebShield allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

Medium

CVE-2000-0452

Buffer overflow in the ESMTP service of Lotus Domino Server 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long MAIL FROM command.

2000-05-17
High

CVE-2000-0464

Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a buffer overflow in the ActiveX parameter parsing capability, aka the "Malformed Component Attribute" vulnerab…

2000-05-16
Critical

CVE-2000-0389

Buffer overflow in krb_rd_req function in Kerberos 4 and 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2000-0390

Buffer overflow in krb425_conv_principal function in Kerberos 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Critical

CVE-2000-0391

Buffer overflow in krshd in Kerberos 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2000-0392

Buffer overflow in ksu in Kerberos 5 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Medium

CVE-2000-0395

Buffer overflow in CProxy 3.3 allows remote users to cause a denial of service via a long HTTP request.

Critical

CVE-2000-0405

Buffer overflow in L0pht AntiSniff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed DNS response packet.

2000-05-12
High

CVE-2000-0407

Buffer overflow in Solaris netpr program allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -p option.

Medium

CVE-2000-0415

Buffer overflow in Outlook Express 4.x allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a mail or news message that has a .jpg or .bmp attachment with a long file name.

2000-05-05
Medium

CVE-2000-0423

Buffer overflow in Netwin DNEWSWEB CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long parameters such as group, cmd, and utag.

2000-05-04
High

CVE-2000-0422

Buffer overflow in Netwin DMailWeb CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long utoken parameter.

Critical

CVE-2000-0428

Buffer overflow in the SMTP gateway for InterScan Virus Wall 3.32 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a long filename for a uuencoded attachment.

2000-05-03
Critical

CVE-2000-0425

Buffer overflow in the Web Archives component of L-Soft LISTSERV 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

2000-05-02
Critical

CVE-2000-0343

Buffer overflow in Sniffit 0.3.x with the -L logging option enabled allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long MAIL FROM mail header.

2000-05-01
High

CVE-2000-0401

Buffer overflows in redirect.exe and changepw.exe in PDGSoft shopping cart allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long query string.

High

CVE-2000-0447

Buffer overflow in WebShield SMTP 4.5.44 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long configuration parameter to the WebShield remote management service.

2000-04-29
High

CVE-2000-0340

Buffer overflow in Gnomelib in SuSE Linux 6.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the DISPLAY environmental variable.

2000-04-24
High

CVE-2000-0316

Buffer overflow in Solaris 7 lp allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -d option.

High

CVE-2000-0317

Buffer overflow in Solaris 7 lpset allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -r option.

Medium

CVE-2000-0321

Buffer overflow in IC Radius package allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long user name.

High

CVE-2000-0337

Buffer overflow in Xsun X server in Solaris 7 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -dev parameter.

2000-04-21
Critical

CVE-2000-0295

Buffer overflow in LCDproc allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via the screen_add command.

2000-04-20
Medium

CVE-2000-0331

Buffer overflow in Microsoft command processor (CMD.EXE) for Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows a local user to cause a denial of service via a long environment variable, aka the "Malformed Environme…

2000-04-19
High

CVE-2000-0256

Buffer overflows in htimage.exe and Imagemap.exe in FrontPage 97 and 98 Server Extensions allow a user to conduct activities that are not otherwise available through the web site, aka the "Server-Sid…

High

CVE-2000-0257

Buffer overflow in the NetWare remote web administration utility allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute commands via a long URL.

2000-04-16
High

CVE-2000-0284

Buffer overflow in University of Washington imapd version 4.7 allows users with a valid account to execute commands via LIST or other commands.

High

CVE-2000-0285

Buffer overflow in XFree86 3.3.x allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -xkbmap parameter.

Medium

CVE-2000-0291

Buffer overflow in Star Office 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by embedding a long URL within a document.

2000-04-14
High

CVE-2000-0260

Buffer overflow in the dvwssr.dll DLL in Microsoft Visual Interdev 1.0 allows users to cause a denial of service or execute commands, aka the "Link View Server-Side Component" vulnerability.

2000-04-10
High

CVE-2000-0294

Buffer overflow in healthd for FreeBSD allows local users to gain root privileges.

2000-04-04
Medium

CVE-2000-0299

Buffer overflow in WebObjects.exe in the WebObjects Developer 4.5 package allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with long headers such as Accept.

2000-04-03
Low

CVE-2000-0280

Buffer overflow in the RealNetworks RealPlayer client versions 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long Location URL.

2000-03-31
Medium

CVE-2000-0290

Buffer overflow in Webstar HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long GET request.

2000-03-27
High

CVE-2000-0235

Buffer overflow in the huh program in the orville-write package allows local users to gain root privileges.

2000-03-26
Low

CVE-2000-0281

Buffer overflow in the Napster client beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long message.

2000-03-20
Medium

CVE-2000-0226

IIS 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a large buffer in a POST or PUT command which consumes memory, aka the "Chunked Transfer Encoding Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

2000-03-17
Medium

CVE-2000-0238

Buffer overflow in the web server for Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL.

2000-03-15
Medium

CVE-2000-0198

Buffer overflow in POP3 and IMAP servers in the MERCUR mail server suite allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Medium

CVE-2000-0239

Buffer overflow in the MERCUR WebView WebMail server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long mail_user parameter in the GET request.

2000-03-13
High

CVE-2000-0230

Buffer overflow in imwheel allows local users to gain root privileges via the imwheel-solo script and a long HOME environmental variable.

2000-03-10
Medium

CVE-2000-0183

Buffer overflow in ircII 4.4 IRC client allows remote attackers to execute commands via the DCC chat capability.

High

CVE-2000-0223

Buffer overflow in the wmcdplay CD player program for the WindowMaker desktop allows local users to gain root privileges via a long parameter.

2000-03-09
Critical

CVE-2000-0175

Buffer overflow in StarOffice StarScheduler web server allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long GET command.

2000-03-06
Medium

CVE-2000-0200

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Clip Art Gallery allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute commands via a malformed CIL (clip art library) file, aka the "Clip Art Buffer Overrun" v…

2000-03-02
High

CVE-1999-0693

Buffer overflow in TT_SESSION environment variable in ToolTalk shared library allows local users to gain root privileges.

2000-02-28
High

CVE-2000-0186

Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

High

CVE-2000-0196

Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.

2000-02-27
High

CVE-2000-0209

Buffer overflow in Lynx 2.x allows remote attackers to crash Lynx and possibly execute commands via a long URL in a malicious web page.

2000-02-26
High

CVE-2000-0170

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

2000-02-21
Critical

CVE-2000-0166

Buffer overflow in the InterAccess telnet server TelnetD allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long login name.

2000-02-16
High

CVE-2000-0158

Buffer overflow in MMDF server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long MAIL FROM command to the SMTP daemon.

2000-02-06
Low

CVE-2000-0472

Buffer overflow in innd 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a cancel request containing a long message ID.

2000-02-04
Low

CVE-2000-0129

Buffer overflow in the SHGetPathFromIDList function of the Serv-U FTP server allows attackers to cause a denial of service by performing a LIST command on a malformed .lnk file.

2000-02-03
High

CVE-2000-0218

Buffer overflow in Linux mount and umount allows local users to gain root privileges via a long relative pathname.

2000-02-01
Medium

CVE-2000-0131

Buffer overflow in War FTPd 1.6x allows users to cause a denial of service via long MKD and CWD commands.

Critical

CVE-2000-0133

Buffer overflows in Tiny FTPd 0.52 beta3 FTP server allows users to execute commands via the STOR, RNTO, MKD, XMKD, RMD, XRMD, APPE, SIZE, and RNFR commands.

2000-01-27
High

CVE-2000-0130

Buffer overflow in SCO scohelp program allows remote attackers to execute commands.

High

CVE-2000-1216

Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.

2000-01-26
High

CVE-2000-0096

Buffer overflow in qpopper 3.0 beta versions allows local users to gain privileges via a long LIST command.

2000-01-21
Critical

CVE-2000-0091

Buffer overflow in vchkpw/vpopmail POP authentication package allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long username or password.

2000-01-20
High

CVE-2000-0088

Buffer overflow in the conversion utilities for Japanese, Korean and Chinese Word 5 documents allows an attacker to execute commands, aka the "Malformed Conversion Data" vulnerability.

2000-01-18
High

CVE-2000-0099

Buffer overflow in UnixWare ppptalk command allows local users to gain privileges via a long prompt argument.

2000-01-17
Critical

CVE-2000-0065

Buffer overflow in InetServ 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

2000-01-10
High

CVE-2000-0046

Buffer overflow in ICQ 99b 1.1.1.1 client allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed URL within an ICQ message.

2000-01-06
High

CVE-2000-0055

Buffer overflow in Solaris chkperm command allows local users to gain root access via a long -n option.

2000-01-04
High

CVE-1999-0744

Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and FastTrask Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long HTTP GET request.

Critical

CVE-1999-0876

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 4.0 via EMBED tag.

High

CVE-2000-0049

Buffer overflow in Winamp client allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long entry in a .pls file.

2000-01-01
High

CVE-1999-0964

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD setlocale in the libc module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_LOCALE environment variable.

1999-12-31
High

CVE-1999-0808

Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Medium

CVE-1999-1093

Buffer overflow in the Window.External function in the JScript Scripting Engine in Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web pag…

High

CVE-1999-1094

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 4.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL with the "mk:" protocol, aka the "MK Overrun security issue."

Medium

CVE-1999-1290

Buffer overflow in nftp FTP client version 1.40 allows remote malicious FTP servers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long response string.

High

CVE-1999-1327

Buffer overflow in linuxconf 1.11r11-rh2 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

High

CVE-1999-1329

Buffer overflow in SysVInit in Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

Medium

CVE-1999-1330

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

High

CVE-1999-1334

Multiple buffer overflows in filter command in Elm 2.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) long From: headers, (2) long Reply-To: headers, or (3) via a long -f (filterfile) command…

Critical

CVE-1999-1588

Buffer overflow in nlps_server in Sun Solaris x86 2.4, 2.5, and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long string beginning with "NLPS:002:002:" to the listen (aka Sys…

High

CVE-2000-0011

Buffer overflow in AnalogX SimpleServer:WWW HTTP server allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

1999-12-30
Critical

CVE-2000-0003

Buffer overflow in UnixWare rtpm program allows local users to gain privileges via a long environmental variable.

High

CVE-2000-0043

Buffer overflow in CamShot WebCam HTTP server allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

1999-12-29
Critical

CVE-2000-0042

Buffer overflow in CSM mail server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute commands via a long HELO command.

1999-12-27
Critical

CVE-2000-0012

Buffer overflow in w3-msql CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute commands.

Medium

CVE-2000-0060

Buffer overflow in aVirt Rover POP3 server 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long user name.

1999-12-24
Medium

CVE-1999-0892

Buffer overflow in Netscape Communicator before 4.7 via a dynamic font whose length field is less than the size of the font.

1999-12-22
Critical

CVE-2000-0002

Buffer overflow in ZBServer Pro 1.50 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

1999-12-21
Critical

CVE-2000-0017

Buffer overflow in Linux linuxconf package allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long parameter.

Medium

CVE-2000-0023

Buffer overflow in Lotus Domino HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL.

Critical

CVE-2000-0026

Buffer overflow in UnixWare i2odialogd daemon allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username/password authorization string.

1999-12-16
Medium

CVE-1999-1004

Buffer overflow in the POP server POProxy for the Norton Anti-Virus protection NAV2000 program via a large USER command.

1999-12-15
High

CVE-1999-0996

Buffer overflow in Infoseek Ultraseek search engine allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

1999-12-13
High

CVE-1999-1007

Buffer overflow in VDO Live Player allows remote attackers to execute commands on the VDO client via a malformed .vdo file.

1999-12-10
Critical

CVE-1999-0977

Buffer overflow in Solaris sadmind allows remote attackers to gain root privileges using a NETMGT_PROC_SERVICE request.

1999-12-09
High

CVE-1999-0972

Buffer overflow in Xshipwars xsw program.

Critical

CVE-1999-0974

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

1999-12-07
Critical

CVE-1999-0973

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop program allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long domain name when snoop is running in verbose mode.

1999-12-06
High

CVE-1999-0989

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 5 directshow filter (MSDXM.OCX) allows remote attackers to execute commands via the vnd.ms.radio protocol.

Medium

CVE-1999-0991

Buffer overflow in GoodTech Telnet Server NT allows remote users to cause a denial of service via a long login name.

1999-12-03
Medium

CVE-1999-0865

Buffer overflow in CommuniGatePro via a long string to the HTTP configuration port.

High

CVE-1999-0866

Buffer overflow in UnixWare xauto program allows local users to gain root privilege.

1999-12-01
Medium

CVE-1999-0823

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.

Medium

CVE-1999-0826

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD angband allows local users to gain privileges.

Critical

CVE-1999-0834

Buffer overflow in RSAREF2 via the encryption and decryption functions in the RSAREF library.

Medium

CVE-1999-0838

Buffer overflow in Serv-U FTP 2.5 allows remote users to conduct a denial of service via the SITE command.

Critical

CVE-1999-0853

Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape FastTrack Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the HTTP Basic Authentication procedure.

High

CVE-1999-0855

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD gdc program.

1999-11-30
Critical

CVE-1999-0822

Buffer overflow in Qpopper (qpop) 3.0 allows remote root access via AUTH command.