Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Allowed

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

4111 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-R8VC-PQH9-R88M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32
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Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T18:18:17Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.",
  "id": "GHSA-r8vc-pqh9-r88m",
  "modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:34Z",
  "published": "2026-07-14T18:32:34Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55056"
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      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55056"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-R8W8-GCM5-47JW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-14 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:49
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Details

Microsoft SharePoint Denial of Service Vulnerability

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  "details": "Microsoft SharePoint Denial of Service Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-r8w8-gcm5-47jw",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:49:10Z",
  "published": "2023-06-14T00:30:41Z",
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}

GHSA-R8X4-V9XF-R2PQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 18:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 18:31
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Details

Integer overflow or wraparound in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.

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  "details": "Integer overflow or wraparound in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.",
  "id": "GHSA-r8x4-v9xf-r2pq",
  "modified": "2025-07-08T18:31:51Z",
  "published": "2025-07-08T18:31:51Z",
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GHSA-R99P-5442-Q2X2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-25 19:24 – Updated: 2026-02-27 22:17
VLAI
Summary
ImageMagick has a heap Buffer Over-read in its DJVU image format handler
Details

A heap Buffer Over-read vulnerability exists in the DJVU image format handler. The vulnerability occurs due to integer truncation when calculating the stride (row size) for pixel buffer allocation. The stride calculation overflows a 32-bit signed integer, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory reads.

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GHSA-R9C4-3P3W-9G45

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-09 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-09 18:30
VLAI
Details

Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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  "details": "Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-r9c4-3p3w-9g45",
  "modified": "2024-04-09T18:30:27Z",
  "published": "2024-04-09T18:30:27Z",
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GHSA-R9V7-9P75-JJW3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-14 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-14 18:30
VLAI
Details

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5.2, 21.2 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information stored in memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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  "details": "InDesign Desktop versions 20.5.2, 21.2 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to memory exposure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information stored in memory. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
  "id": "GHSA-r9v7-9p75-jjw3",
  "modified": "2026-04-14T18:30:36Z",
  "published": "2026-04-14T18:30:36Z",
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GHSA-R9WQ-V28R-4R9Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-07 21:31 – Updated: 2025-10-07 21:31
VLAI
Details

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain with Data Domain Operating System (DD OS) of Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.3.0.15, LTS2025 release version 8.3.1.0, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.30, LTS 2023 release versions 7.10.1.0 through 7.10.1.60, contain a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Denial of service.

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GHSA-RC57-P94G-3JPV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-14 18:30 – Updated: 2025-07-15 18:31
VLAI
Details

NanoMQ v0.22.10 was discovered to contain a heap overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted CONNECT message.

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  "details": "NanoMQ v0.22.10 was discovered to contain a heap overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted CONNECT message.",
  "id": "GHSA-rc57-p94g-3jpv",
  "modified": "2025-07-15T18:31:25Z",
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GHSA-RC63-CQJR-F5M4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-27 00:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:30
VLAI
Details

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Conda vim prior to 8.2.

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  "id": "GHSA-rc63-cqjr-f5m4",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:30:37Z",
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      "url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/a055618c-0311-409c-a78a-99477121965b"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00018.html"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00009.html"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html"
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-32"
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GHSA-RCX9-RRRC-J64V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-15 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-15 21:31
VLAI
Details

A heap overflow in the avi_parse_input_file() function of GPAC v2.4.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted AVI file.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-70299"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-122"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-15T18:16:37Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "A heap overflow in the avi_parse_input_file() function of GPAC v2.4.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted AVI file.",
  "id": "GHSA-rcx9-rrrc-j64v",
  "modified": "2026-01-15T21:31:46Z",
  "published": "2026-01-15T18:31:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70299"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/zakkanijia/POC/blob/main/gpac_avi/GPAC_AVI_indx_heap_overflow.md"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation

Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.

Mitigation MIT-10
Operation Build and Compilation

Strategy: Environment Hardening

  • Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking.
  • D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND [REF-1334] discusses canary-based detection in detail.
Mitigation MIT-11
Operation Build and Compilation

Strategy: Environment Hardening

  • Run or compile the software using features or extensions that randomly arrange the positions of a program's executable and libraries in memory. Because this makes the addresses unpredictable, it can prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to exploitable code.
  • Examples include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) [REF-58] [REF-60] and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) [REF-64]. Imported modules may be similarly realigned if their default memory addresses conflict with other modules, in a process known as "rebasing" (for Windows) and "prelinking" (for Linux) [REF-1332] using randomly generated addresses. ASLR for libraries cannot be used in conjunction with prelink since it would require relocating the libraries at run-time, defeating the whole purpose of prelinking.
  • For more information on these techniques see D3-SAOR (Segment Address Offset Randomization) from D3FEND [REF-1335].
Mitigation
Implementation

Implement and perform bounds checking on input.

Mitigation
Implementation

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

Do not use dangerous functions such as gets. Look for their safe equivalent, which checks for the boundary.

Mitigation
Operation

Use OS-level preventative functionality. This is not a complete solution, but it provides some defense in depth.

CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow

This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.