CWE-119 13932 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Overview

CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Background details

Extended context from the CWE catalog (rendered from MITRE XHTML).

Certain languages allow direct addressing of memory locations and do not automatically ensure that these locations are valid for the memory buffer that is being referenced.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Memory-Unsafe Often
language C Often
language C++ Often
language Assembly Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-11557 2026-06-08 A weakness has been identified in Tenda F451 1.0.0.7/1.0.0.9. The affected element is the function fromNatlimit of the file /goform/Natlimit of the component Web Management Interface. Executing a mani…
CVE-2026-11553 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was found in Tenda HG7HG9 and HG10 300001138_en_xpon. This affects the function formPPPEdit of the file /boaform/formPPPEdit. The manipulation of the argument encodename results in sta…
CVE-2026-11528 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC18 15.03.05.05. The affected element is the function sub_45304 of the file /goform/getRebootStatus of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of t…
CVE-2026-11524 2026-06-08 A vulnerability has been found in Tenda W20E 15.11.0.6. Impacted is the function modifyWifiFilterRules of the file /goform/modifyWifiFilterRules of the component Web Management Interface. The manipula…
CVE-2026-11523 2026-06-08 A flaw has been found in Tenda W20E 15.11.0.6. This issue affects the function formPortalAuth of the file /goform/PortalAuth of the component Web Management Interface. Executing a manipulation of the …
CVE-2026-11522 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was detected in Tenda W20E 15.11.0.6. This vulnerability affects the function formSetPortMirror of the file /goform/setPortMirror. Performing a manipulation of the argument portMirrorM…
CVE-2026-11517 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was determined in UTT HiPER 2610G up to 3.0.0-171107. This impacts the function strcpy of the file /goform/formConfigDnsFilterGlobal. Executing a manipulation of the argument GroupName…
CVE-2026-11516 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was found in UTT HiPER 2610G up to 3.0.0-171107. This affects the function strcpy of the file /goform/formNatStaticMap. Performing a manipulation of the argument NatBinds results in bu…
CVE-2026-11504 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was detected in Tenda CX12L 16.03.53.12. The impacted element is the function setSchedWifi of the file /goform/openSchedWifi of the component Wi-Fi Schedule Configuration Endpoint. Per…
CVE-2026-11503 2026-06-08 A security vulnerability has been detected in Tenda CX12L 16.03.53.12. The affected element is the function form_fast_setting_wifi_set of the file /goform/fast_setting_wifi_set of the component Wi-Fi …
CVE-2026-11499 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was determined in Tenda HG7HG9 and HG10 300001138_en_xpon. This affects the function formDOMAINBLK of the file /boaform/formDOMAINBLK. Executing a manipulation of the argument blkDomai…
CVE-2026-11498 2026-06-08 A vulnerability was found in Tenda HG7HG9 and HG10 300001138_en_xpon. Affected by this issue is the function asp_voip_OtherSet of the file /boaform/voip_other_set of the component Web Management Inter…
CVE-2026-11413 2026-06-06 A security vulnerability has been detected in JingDong JD Cloud Box AX6600 4.5.3.r4546. The impacted element is the function set_macfilter of the file /sbin/jdcweb_rpc. The manipulation leads to stack…
CVE-2026-10904 2026-06-04 Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Hi…
CVE-2026-10703 2026-06-03 A security vulnerability has been detected in EIPStackGroup OpENer up to 2.3.0. Affected is the function CreateMessageRouterRequestStructure of the file cipmessagerouter.c of the component SendRRData …
CVE-2026-10701 2026-06-02 Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: Text component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151.0.3.
CVE-2026-10528 2026-06-02 A security flaw has been discovered in Orthanc DICOM Server up to 1.12.11. This issue affects the function DcmItem::read of the file OrthancFramework/Sources/DicomParsing/FromDcmtkBridge.cpp of the co…
CVE-2026-10293 2026-06-01 A flaw has been found in UTT HiPER 1200GW up to 2.5.3-170306. This impacts the function strcpy of the file /goform/formFireWall. This manipulation of the argument Profile causes stack-based buffer ove…
CVE-2026-10292 2026-06-01 A vulnerability was detected in UTT HiPER 1200GW up to 2.5.3-170306. This affects the function strcpy of the file /goform/formTaskEdit. The manipulation results in stack-based buffer overflow. The att…
CVE-2026-10275 2026-06-01 A flaw has been found in OpenSC up to 0.26.1. This affects the function test_kpgen_certwrite of the file src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c of the component pkcs11-tool Key Generation Module. This manipulation c…

Previous names

  • Buffer Errors (2008-04-11)
  • Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of an Allocated Memory Buffer (2009-01-12)
  • Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (2010-12-13)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-08-15 1.0 Suggested OWASP Top Ten 2004 mapping
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Relationships
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-01-12 CWE Content Team 1.2 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Name, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Observed_Examples
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Detection_Factors, Observed_Examples
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Alternate_Terms, Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Potential_Mitigations
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team 1.11 updated Name
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2013-02-21 CWE Content Team 2.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Potential_Mitigations, References
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-05-03 CWE Content Team 2.11 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated References
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2019-09-19 CWE Content Team 3.4 updated References, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Time_of_Introduction
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Alternate_Terms, Relationships
2020-12-10 CWE Content Team 4.3 updated Alternate_Terms, Observed_Examples, Relationships
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2022-06-28 CWE Content Team 4.8 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
2022-10-13 CWE Content Team 4.9 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Alternate_Terms, Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
2024-07-16 CWE Content Team 4.15 updated Alternate_Terms, Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, Diagram
2024-11-19 CWE Content Team 4.16 updated Description, Relationships
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Relationships
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Detection_Factors, Functional_Areas, References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, References, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Mapping_Notes, Observed_Examples

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Content Abhi Balakrishnan 2024-02-29 Provided diagram to improve CWE usability
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