CWE-466 Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

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A function can return a pointer to memory that is outside of the buffer that the pointer is expected to reference.

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parent weaknesses

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vulnerabilities (15)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2019-10356UShigh8.8—
A sandbox bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1.61 and earlier related to the handling of method pointer expressions allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code…
CVE-2022-50320UShigh7.8—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: tables: FPDT: Don't call acpi_os_map_memory() on invalid phys address On a Packard Bell Dot SC (Intel At…
CVE-2021-0188UShigh7.8—
Return of pointer value outside of expected range in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable aescalation of privilege via l…
CVE-2020-25767UShigh7.5—
An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded NicheStack IPv4 4.1. The dnc_copy_in routine for parsing DNS domain names does not check whether a domain name compression pointer is pointi…
CVE-2024-21849UShigh7.5—
When an Advanced WAF/ASM security policy and a Websockets profile are configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) proc…
CVE-2022-36447UShigh7.5—
An inflation issue was discovered in Chia Network CAT1 Standard 1.0.0. Previously minted tokens minted on the Chia blockchain using the CAT1 standard can be inflated to an arbitrar…
CVE-2018-25234USmedium5.5—
SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field…
CVE-2018-25227USmedium5.5—
Valentina Studio 9.0.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. At…
CVE-2019-25586USmedium5.5—
Deluge 1.3.15 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the URL field. Attackers ca…
CVE-2019-25548USmedium5.5—
BlueStacks 4.80.0.1060 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input to the search field. Attackers…
CVE-2026-57025US——
A Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range vulnerability in the fileio library of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privilged attacker to…
CVE-2019-25599US——
Backup Key Recovery 2.2.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Name field.…
CVE-2022-50709US——
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() syzbot is reporting uninit value at ath9k_htc_rx_m…
CVE-2024-33602US——
nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all…
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