Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
description
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 buffer overflow.
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cwe_id
121
name
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
description
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).