CWE-122— Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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().— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2026-50471HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-50477HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50480HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50482HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-50484HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50489HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50492MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code with a physical attack.
- CVE-2026-50494HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-50499HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Print Spooler Components allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50518CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-50655HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-50668MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- CVE-2026-50670HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-07-14
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50675HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-50678MEDIUMCVSS 6.6EG 6.62026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- CVE-2026-50679HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50680HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.22026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50683HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DHCP Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over an adjacent network.
- CVE-2026-50692HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-50696HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- CVE-2026-51218MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-06-29
A heap buffer overflow in the TS7Worker::PerformFunctionWrite() function (/core/s7_server.cpp) of snap7 v1.4.3 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted packet.
- CVE-2026-51219MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-06-29
A heap buffer overflow in the HighPriorityASDUQueue_hasUnconfirmedIMessages function of lib60870 v2.3.3 to v2.3.6 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted payload.
- CVE-2026-5187CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-04-09
Two potential heap out-of-bounds write locations existed in DecodeObjectId() in wolfcrypt/src/asn.c. First, a bounds check only validates one available slot before writing two OID arc values (out[0] and out[1]), enabling a 2-byte out-of-bo…
- CVE-2026-5201HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-03-31
A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacke…
- CVE-2026-5244HIGHCVSS 7.3EG 7.32026-04-02
A vulnerability has been found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This affects the function mg_tls_recv_cert of the file mongoose.c of the component TLS 1.3 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument pubkey leads to heap-based buffer overflow…
- CVE-2026-5264CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-04-09
Heap buffer overflow in DTLS 1.3 ACK message processing. A remote attacker can send a crafted DTLS 1.3 ACK message that triggers a heap buffer overflow.
- CVE-2026-5272HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-04-01
Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVE-2026-52720HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-06-15
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's librfb (RFB/VNC client). The rectangle bounds check incorrectly validates area rather than individual dimensions, allowing a malicious VNC server to send a rectangle that extend…
- CVE-2026-5275HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-04-01
Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVE-2026-53465MEDIUMCVSS 6.2EG 6.22026-06-10
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to version 7.1.2-25, a crafted multi-frame can result in a heap buffer over-write when encoding it with the SF3 encoder. This issue has be…
- CVE-2026-53994HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-07-18
ProFTPD mod_sftp contains a heap-based buffer overflow reachable by an authenticated SFTP user. The fxp_packet_read() function accepts the attacker-supplied 32-bit big-endian SFTP packet length without a minimum sanity check. A value of 0 …
- CVE-2026-54000HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-07-10
osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, on Windows, a local unprivileged attacker can cause a heap buffer out-of-bounds write if there is a query of the processes tab…
- CVE-2026-54001HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-07-10
osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, on Windows, a local unprivileged attacker can cause a heap buffer out-of-bounds write if there is a query of the authenticode …
- CVE-2026-5402HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-04-30
TLS protocol dissector heap overflow in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 allows denial of service and possible code execution
- CVE-2026-5403HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-01
SBC codec crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service and possible code execution
- CVE-2026-5405HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-01
RDP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service and possible code execution
- CVE-2026-54109HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-54115HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Active Directory allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-54122HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows GDI+ allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-54124HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Terminal allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-54132MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
- CVE-2026-5447HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-04-09
Heap buffer overflow in CertFromX509 via AuthorityKeyIdentifier size confusion. A heap buffer overflow occurs when converting an X.509 certificate internally due to incorrect size handling of the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension.
- CVE-2026-5448MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32026-04-10
X.509 date buffer overflow in wolfSSL_X509_notAfter / wolfSSL_X509_notBefore. A buffer overflow may occur when parsing date fields from a crafted X.509 certificate via the compatibility layer API. This is only triggered when calling these …
- CVE-2026-5450CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-04-20
Calling the scanf family of functions with a %mc (malloc'd character match) in the GNU C Library version 2.7 to version 2.43 with a format width specifier with an explicit width greater than 1024 could result in a one byte heap buffer over…
- CVE-2026-54696LOWCVSS 3.7EG 3.72026-06-30
Ruby JSON is a JSON implementation for Ruby. Versions 2.9.0 through 2.19.8 are vulnerable to heap buffer overflow when the JSON generator is provided with an oversized streamed object. When streaming to an IO JSON.dump(obj, io) and JSON::S…
- CVE-2026-5474HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-04-03
A vulnerability was found in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This affects the function CFE_MSG_GetSize of the file apps/to_lab/fsw/src/to_lab_passthru_encode.c of the component CCSDS Packet Header Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-b…
- CVE-2026-54896LOWCVSS 2.1EG 2.12026-06-19
Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.2, when in object mode, Oj.dump is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow when serializing Exception objects with a large :indent va…
- CVE-2026-54986HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-54987HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Overlay Filter allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-54990HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 9.82026-07-14
Heap-based buffer overflow in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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