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CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, page 175

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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

What the weakness is: CWE-119 at MITRE

Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 12
  • CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-119, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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