OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A5 - Buffer Overflows

A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.14

  • Identifier

    CWE-726

  • Status

    Obsolete

Contents

Summary

Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.

Weaknesses in this category are related to the A5 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2004.

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buf...

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Concepts

Deprecated or Obsolete

Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2004)

CWE entries in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2004, and as required for compliance with PCI DSS version 1.1. This view is cons...

See Also

  1. A5 Buffer Overflows

    OWASP

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