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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2022-35161

High
9.8/10

Summary

GVRET Stable Release as of Aug 15, 2015 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the handleConfigCmd function at SerialConsole.cpp.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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