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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2007-0043

High
9.3/10

Summary

The Just In Time (JIT) Compiler service in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving an "unchecked buffer," probably a buffer overflow, aka ".NET JIT Compiler Vulnerability".

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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