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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2012-0273

High
7.5/10

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in MinaliC 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) session_id cookie in a request to the get_cookie_value function in response.c, (2) directory name in a request to the add_default_file function in response.c, or (3) file name in a request to the retrieve_physical_file_name_or_brows function in response.c.

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  • NETWORK
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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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