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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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819Related CVEs
13.60Severity Score
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Technical Details

Structure
Simple
Vulnerability Mapping
DISCOURAGED

Applicable To

Languages
CC++Memory-UnsafeAssembly
Platforms

🏆 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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