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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2024-2011

High
8.6/10

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the FOXMAN-UN/UNEM that if exploited will generally lead to a denial of service but can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of a program's implicit security policy

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

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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