CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
ID
CAPEC-47
Typical Severity
High
Likelihood Of Attack
Medium
Status
Draft
In this attack, the target software is given input that the adversary knows will be modified and expanded in size during processing. This attack relies on the target software failing to anticipate that the expanded data may exceed some internal limit, thereby creating a buffer overflow.
Weaknesses
| # ID | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation | weakness |
| CWE-74 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') | weakness |
| CWE-118 | Incorrect Access of Indexable Resource ('Range Error') | weakness |
| CWE-119 | Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer | weakness |
| CWE-120 | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') | weakness |
| CWE-130 | Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency | weakness |
| CWE-131 | Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size | weakness |
| CWE-680 | Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow | weakness |
| CWE-697 | Incorrect Comparison | weakness |