CWE-122
AllowedHeap-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().
5396 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-G453-6HHW-8QX3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-08 18:34 – Updated: 2025-04-08 18:34Animate versions 24.0.7, 23.0.10 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-27199"
],
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"CWE-122"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-08T18:15:55Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Animate versions 24.0.7, 23.0.10 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-g453-6hhw-8qx3",
"modified": "2025-04-08T18:34:50Z",
"published": "2025-04-08T18:34:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27199"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb25-31.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G459-F54G-XH4F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-09 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-09 18:30Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-29047"
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"CWE-122"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-09T17:15:58Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-g459-f54g-xh4f",
"modified": "2024-04-09T18:30:27Z",
"published": "2024-04-09T18:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29047"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29047"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G485-2F9G-56CP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 18:33 – Updated: 2026-09-08 18:33Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-81947"
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"CWE-122"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-08T18:20:58Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.",
"id": "GHSA-g485-2f9g-56cp",
"modified": "2026-09-08T18:33:35Z",
"published": "2026-09-08T18:33:35Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81947"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81947"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G4CM-76F6-QVMC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-09 15:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 15:35A heap-based buffer overflow in VPN certificate ASN.1 decoding may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on Check Point Quantum Security Management and Quantum Security Gateway systems.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-85103"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-122"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-09T13:20:43Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A heap-based buffer overflow in VPN certificate ASN.1 decoding may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on Check Point Quantum Security Management and Quantum Security Gateway systems.",
"id": "GHSA-g4cm-76f6-qvmc",
"modified": "2026-09-09T15:35:09Z",
"published": "2026-09-09T15:35:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85103"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk1000118"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G4FJ-XR23-W9HM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-22 15:31luci-lib-px5g (LuCI) contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the native ASN.1 encoding routine asn1_add_obj (x509write.c) when signing a certificate with a 2040-bit RSA key. For a 255-byte signature, the BIT STRING allocation is computed from the DER length encoding of 255 bytes, but the payload written after prepending the unused-bits byte is 256 bytes, requiring one additional DER length octet. As a result the allocation is 259 bytes while the tag, length, unused-bits byte, and signature require 260 bytes, and the final memcpy writes one byte beyond the heap buffer. The overflow is reachable through the exported Lua interface via create_selfsigned(); whether it is remotely exploitable depends on the embedding application. The vulnerable code is present on the openwrt-18.06 through openwrt-25.12 release branches and is absent from master, where the luci-lib-px5g package has been removed rather than patched.
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"CVE-2026-62381"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-22T13:16:39Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "luci-lib-px5g (LuCI) contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the native ASN.1 encoding routine asn1_add_obj (x509write.c) when signing a certificate with a 2040-bit RSA key. For a 255-byte signature, the BIT STRING allocation is computed from the DER length encoding of 255 bytes, but the payload written after prepending the unused-bits byte is 256 bytes, requiring one additional DER length octet. As a result the allocation is 259 bytes while the tag, length, unused-bits byte, and signature require 260 bytes, and the final memcpy writes one byte beyond the heap buffer. The overflow is reachable through the exported Lua interface via create_selfsigned(); whether it is remotely exploitable depends on the embedding application. The vulnerable code is present on the openwrt-18.06 through openwrt-25.12 release branches and is absent from master, where the luci-lib-px5g package has been removed rather than patched.",
"id": "GHSA-g4fj-xr23-w9hm",
"modified": "2026-08-22T15:31:03Z",
"published": "2026-08-22T15:31:02Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-jgc3-4q3p-g6xh"
},
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62381"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/luci-lib-px5g-2040-bit-certificate-signing-heap-buffer-overflow"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-G4FP-96FC-XC72
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-25 21:31 – Updated: 2026-08-31 18:31Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SQLite affected version source snapshots/builds containing Fossil check-in 8bdc0d485e3ad0c7a1e818da66f106951d496b05cbe61d12c2c448f2f24b6d5d (Git mirror 169f68ed88b34cb68f720191c64c058f2ccec508, 2026-03-11) and later snapshots/builds allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the ext/misc/sqlar.c, sqlarUncompressFunc(), sqlar_uncompress(), sqlite3_value_int64(), sqlite3_malloc(int), uncompress() components
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-39113"
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"CWE-122"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-25T21:17:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SQLite affected version source snapshots/builds containing Fossil check-in 8bdc0d485e3ad0c7a1e818da66f106951d496b05cbe61d12c2c448f2f24b6d5d (Git mirror 169f68ed88b34cb68f720191c64c058f2ccec508, 2026-03-11) and later snapshots/builds allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the ext/misc/sqlar.c, sqlarUncompressFunc(), sqlar_uncompress(), sqlite3_value_int64(), sqlite3_malloc(int), uncompress() components",
"id": "GHSA-g4fp-96fc-xc72",
"modified": "2026-08-31T18:31:15Z",
"published": "2026-08-25T21:31:30Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39113"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/169f68ed88b34cb68f720191c64c058f2ccec508"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/20000419/CVE-2026-39113"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/169f68ed88b34cb68f720191c64c058f2ccec508/ext/misc/sqlar.c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.sqlite.org"
},
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"url": "https://www.sqlite.org/sqlar.html"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G4JF-6563-Q525
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Video Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-49804"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T17:16:56Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows USB Video Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.",
"id": "GHSA-g4jf-6563-q525",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:03Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49804"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49804"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G4W7-VCV3-F74V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-22 21:32 – Updated: 2024-11-22 21:32Tungsten Automation Power PDF PSD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Tungsten Automation Power PDF. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-24458.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-9742"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122",
"CWE-787"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-22T21:15:27Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Tungsten Automation Power PDF PSD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Tungsten Automation Power PDF. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-24458.",
"id": "GHSA-g4w7-vcv3-f74v",
"modified": "2024-11-22T21:32:20Z",
"published": "2024-11-22T21:32:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9742"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1342"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-G4XH-R45M-435W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-11 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-12 15:32A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to modify memory or crash processes.
We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: Qsync Central 5.0.0.4 ( 2026/01/20 ) and later
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-57709"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-11T13:15:55Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to modify memory or crash processes.\n\nWe have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:\nQsync Central 5.0.0.4 ( 2026/01/20 ) and later",
"id": "GHSA-g4xh-r45m-435w",
"modified": "2026-02-12T15:32:43Z",
"published": "2026-02-11T15:30:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57709"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-26-02"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-G53W-9QGR-HJ23
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 18:32 – Updated: 2026-09-08 18:32Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Event Logging Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-69495"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-08T18:19:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Event Logging Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-g53w-9qgr-hj23",
"modified": "2026-09-08T18:32:40Z",
"published": "2026-09-08T18:32:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69495"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69495"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
Mitigation
Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
Mitigation
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Mitigation MIT-10
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
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
Implement and perform bounds checking on input.
Mitigation
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
Do not use dangerous functions such as gets. Look for their safe equivalent, which checks for the boundary.
Mitigation
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.