CWE-122
3,684 CVEs • Abstraction: Variant • Likelihood of Exploit: High
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
CVEs (3,684)
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Messaging API allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Bluetooth Service allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over an adjacent network. |
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Text Shaping allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
1Microsoft 11Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 21h2Windows 10 22h2+8 moreOct 21, 2026 Oct 13, 2026 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 N/A· v2 Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenSSH for Windows allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Camera Frame Server Monitor allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Management Instrumentation allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTLM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Client-Side Caching (CSC) Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. |
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. |