CWE-252— Unchecked Return Value
The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.— MITRE CWE catalog
209 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-252page 1 of 5
- CVE-2026-111497CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.8⚠ KEV2026-10-22
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Brotli decoder (c/dec/decode.c) in Google Brotli versions 1.0.3 through 1.2.0 on all platforms allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt adjacent decoder state memory, disclose sensitive mem…
- CVE-2020-7247CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.8⚠ KEV2020-01-29
smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a MAIL FROM f…
- CVE-2025-66565CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82025-12-09
Fiber Utils is a collection of common functions created for Fiber. In versions 2.0.0-rc.3 and below, when the system's cryptographic random number generator (crypto/rand) fails, both functions silently fall back to returning predictable UU…
- CVE-2021-38171CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82021-08-21
adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the init_get_bits return value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted.
- CVE-2021-26955CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82021-02-09
An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2021-02-04 for Rust. It has a soundness violation because xcb::xproto::GetAtomNameReply::name() calls std::str::from_utf8_unchecked() on unvalidated bytes from an X server.
- CVE-1999-0199CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82020-10-06
manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose de…
- CVE-2020-24074CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82020-09-09
The decode program in silk-v3-decoder Version:20160922 Build By kn007 does not strictly check data, resulting in a buffer overflow.
- CVE-2019-15900CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82019-10-18
An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. On platforms without strtonum(3), sscanf was used without checking for error cases. Instead, the uninitialized variable errstr was checked and in …
- CVE-2010-0211CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82010-07-28
The slap_modrdn2mods function in modrdn.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.22 does not check the return value of a call to the smr_normalize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbi…
- CVE-2007-3798CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82007-07-16
Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
- CVE-2022-25718CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.82022-10-19
Cryptographic issue in WLAN due to improper check on return value while authentication handshake in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT,…
- CVE-2026-18397CRITICALCVSS 9.4EG 9.42026-10-01
This vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on a victim's machine by exploiting a combination of cryptographic weaknesses and memory management issues in the SConnect native host component. The attack leverages …
- CVE-2026-56388CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12026-10-21
The Redis server command parser in Apache bRPC accepts an empty RESP array as a command header. A remote unauthenticated attacker who can reach a bRPC server with Redis service enabled can send an empty array header followed by a bulk stri…
- CVE-2024-50306CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12024-11-14
Unchecked return value can allow Apache Traffic Server to retain privileges on startup. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 9.2.0 through 9.2.5, from 10.0.0 through 10.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.6 or …
- CVE-2022-23806CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12022-02-11
Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.
- CVE-2026-22861HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-01-13
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Prior to 2.3.1.2, There is a heap-based buffer overflow in SIccCa…
- CVE-2026-22255HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-01-08
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerabili…
- CVE-2026-22047HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-01-07
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerabili…
- CVE-2026-22046HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-01-07
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerabili…
- CVE-2024-38427HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82024-06-16
In International Color Consortium DemoIccMAX before 85ce74e, a logic flaw in CIccTagXmlProfileSequenceId::ParseXml in IccXML/IccLibXML/IccTagXml.cpp results in unconditionally returning false.
- CVE-2023-44182HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82023-10-13
An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the user interfaces to the Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, the CLI, the XML API, the XML Management Protocol, the NETCONF Management Protocol, the gNMI interfaces, and the J-Web U…
- CVE-2021-26958HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-02-09
An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2021-02-04 for Rust. It has a soundness violation because transmutation to the wrong type can happen after xcb::base::cast_event uses std::mem::transmute to return a reference to an arbitrar…
- CVE-2020-29569HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82020-12-15
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. The Linux kernel PV block backend expects the kernel thread handler to reset ring->xenblkd to NULL when stopped. However, the handler may not have…
- CVE-2019-15942HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82019-09-05
FFmpeg through 4.2 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" issue in h2645_parse because alloc_rbsp_buffer in libavcodec/h2645_parse.c mishandles rbsp_buffer.
- CVE-2021-40401HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62022-02-04
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1. A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker ca…
- CVE-2022-23626HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52022-02-08
m1k1o/blog is a lightweight self-hosted facebook-styled PHP blog. Errors from functions `imagecreatefrom*` and `image*` have not been checked properly. Although PHP issued warnings and the upload function returned `false`, the original fil…
- CVE-2023-47480HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-09-20
An issue in Pure Data 0.54-0 and fixed in 0.54-1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the set*id () function.
- CVE-2025-0028HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32026-05-15
An unchecked return value within the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) could allow an attacker to read or modify an arbitrary address potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
- CVE-2026-77641HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22026-08-20
tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to a NULL write after free when sending a CONFLUX_SWITCH cell fails. The return value of relay_send_command_from_edge() was ignored, so a send failure (which calls circuit_mark_for_close() and removes the l…
- CVE-2026-11972HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22026-06-23
When using the "tarfile" module with a file opened in "streaming mode" (mode="r|") the tarfile module did not properly handle EOF, making archive parsing take exponentially longer.
- CVE-2026-71180HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.22026-09-16
Dell Update Package Framework, versions prior to 26.07.03, contains an Unchecked Return Value vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
- CVE-2024-45419HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12024-11-19
Improper input validation in some Zoom Apps may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct a disclosure of information via network access.
- CVE-2020-17533HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12020-12-29
Apache Accumulo versions 1.5.0 through 1.10.0 and version 2.0.0 do not properly check the return value of some policy enforcement functions before permitting an authenticated user to perform certain administrative operations. Specifically,…
- CVE-2025-1933HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 8.12025-03-04
On 64-bit CPUs, when the JIT compiles WASM i32 return values they can pick up bits from left over memory. This can potentially cause them to be treated as a different type. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136, Firefox ESR 115.21, F…
- CVE-2026-85649HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92026-09-04
(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's Actualizer v1.2.0 and earlier contains a fail-open password validation vulnerability in the Alpha user and root user password loops of Shell/debian-minbase-install.sh. The installer invokes mkpasswd to generate y…
- CVE-2026-62909HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-08-11
Uncaught exception in .NET allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2023-40303HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-08-14
GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a proce…
- CVE-2020-6152HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-09-01
A code execution vulnerability exists in the DICOM parse_dicom_meta_info functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 19.7. A specially crafted malformed file can cause an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by providing…
- CVE-2017-0720HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-08-09
A remote code execution vulnerability in the Android media framework (libhevc). Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-37430213.
- CVE-2017-6964HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-03-28
dmcrypt-get-device, as shipped in the eject package of Debian and Ubuntu, does not check the return value of the (1) setuid or (2) setgid function, which might cause dmcrypt-get-device to execute code, which was intended to run as an unpri…
- CVE-2021-32845HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.82023-02-17
HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107 and prior of HyperKit, the implementation of `qnotify` at `pci_vtrnd_notify` fails to check the return value of `vq_getchain`. This leads…
- CVE-2023-23003HIGHCVSS 4.0EG 7.82023-03-01
In the Linux kernel before 5.16, tools/perf/util/expr.c lacks a check for the hashmap__new return value.
- CVE-2005-4360HIGHCVSS v2 7.8EG 7.82005-12-20
The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to ".dll" followed by arguments such as "~0" through "~9", which cau…
- CVE-2023-41092HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62024-05-16
Unchecked return value in SDM firmware for Intel(R) Stratix 10 and Intel(R) Agilex 7 FPGAs before version 23.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
- CVE-2026-110353HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-10-22
HAProxy 3.2 before 3.4.6 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (worker-thread CPU exhaustion) via a truncated HTTP/2 PING frame. h2c_handle_ping in src/mux_h2.c does not check for a short read, unlike the ot…
- CVE-2026-48741HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-10-16
libIEC61850 is an open-source implementation of IEC 61850 client and server protocols including MMS, GOOSE, Sampled Values, and R-Session. Prior to 1.6.2, alternateArrayAccess in src/mms/iso_mms/server/mms_read_service.c does not validate …
- CVE-2026-48503HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-10-16
libIEC61850 is an open-source implementation of IEC 61850 client and server protocols including MMS, GOOSE, Sampled Values, and R-Session. Prior to 1.6.2, the MMS file service in src/mms/iso_mms/server/mms_file_service.c accepts an out-of-…
- CVE-2026-77207HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-10-13
Libreswan has a null pointer dereference bug in the PKCS#7 handling code for IKE certificate authentication. When libreswan decodes an IKE CERT payload of type CERT_PKCS7_WRAPPED_X509, it guards the PKCS#7 blob with SEC_PKCS7ContainsCertsO…
- CVE-2026-107838HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-10-09
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system designed for Internet of Things devices and other embedded systems. From version 2023.07 through version 2026.07, nanocoap_fileserver callers in sys/net/application_layer/nanocoap/fil…
- CVE-2026-19534HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-09-04
undici's WebSocket client crashes the whole Node.js process during the opening handshake when a server responds with a subprotocol that the client never requested. A default WebSocket connection sends no subprotocol, but if the server's 10…
Map vulnerabilities like CWE-252 to your infrastructure
EchelonGraph correlates every CVE — across CWE-252 and 150+ other weakness categories — against the assets you actually run. See blast radius, fix versions, and remediation steps in one graph.
Book a Demo →