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

CVE-2024-23368

High
7.8/10

Summary

Memory corruption when allocating and accessing an entry in an SMEM partition.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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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