CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
BaseDraftExploit Likelihood: High🏆 #2 in Top 25 (2024)
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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43.67Severity Score
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CC++Assembly
🏆 CWE Top 25 Historical Ranking
2023:#1
Score: 63.72
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2024:#2↓1
Score: 43.67
3,842 CVEs
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