About “Remote Code Execution”

A curated feed of “Remote Code Execution”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 41401 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 4734 were published. Average CVSS is 8.3 (all time; 8.2 over 365d), and 86% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'), CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
1996-08-21
High

CVE-1999-0085

Buffer overflow in rwhod on AIX and other operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet with a long hostname.