CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
ClassStableExploit Likelihood: High🏆 #15 in Top 25 (2024)
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
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13.60Severity Score
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🏆 CWE Top 25 Historical Ranking
2023:#17
Score: 4.75
752 CVEs
2024:#15↑2
Score: 13.60
819 CVEs
Trend:Worsening (moved down 2 ranks)
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