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CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

BaseDraftExploit Likelihood: High
🏆 #2 in CWE Top 25 20241
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Technical Details

Structure
Simple

Applicable To

Languages
CC++Assembly
Platforms

🏆 CWE Top 25 Historical Ranking

2023:#1
Score: 63.72
3,116 CVEs
2024:#2↓1
Score: 43.67
3,842 CVEs
Trend:Improving (moved up 1 ranks)
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write | #2 in CWE Top 25 2024 | CWE Lookup | Inventive HQ