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

CVE-2025-47372

High
9/10

Summary

Memory Corruption when a corrupted ELF image with an oversized file size is read into a buffer without authentication.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

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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