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

Weakness Summary

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.

  • Canonical source: MITRE CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)
  • Published Atomicorp CVE observations: 4
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 4
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 9

Atomicorp Research Context

Atomicorp has published CVE-specific research observations associated with this weakness category. Each linked CVE page states whether the tested request was detected or blocked and is the authoritative customer-facing finding.

The CVEs and rules shown here are selected published examples, not a complete list of Atomicorp protections. If a CWE, CVE, or rule is absent from this page, no conclusion should be drawn about whether Atomicorp protects against that weakness or attack method.

A CWE describes a class of software weakness. It does not identify one exploit request, and association with a CWE does not mean that every vulnerability or exploitation path in that category is detected or blocked.

Selected Published CVE Observations

CVEVulnerabilityProductAtomicorp findingObserved rules
CVE-2021-1472Cisco Small Business RV Series - OS Command Injectionrv160 firmwareAttack Blocked by Atomicorp340014 , 340149 , 344364 , 344366 , 344370 , 350147
CVE-2016-5680NUUO NVRmini2 / NVRsolo / Crystal Devices / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Application - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesnvrmini 2Attack Blocked by Atomicorp392301
CVE-2013-0249cURL - Buffer Overflow (PoC)curlAttack Blocked by Atomicorp390727 , 392301 , 392648
CVE-2012-5451TVMOBiLi 2.1.0.3557 - Denial of ServicetvmobiliAttack Blocked by Atomicorp390727 , 392301 , 392648

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
340014Activedisruptive (deny)
340149Activedisruptive (deny)
344364Activedisruptive (deny)
344366Activedisruptive (deny)
344370Activedisruptive (deny)
350147Activedisruptive (deny)
390727Activedisruptive (deny)
392301Activedisruptive (deny)
392648Activedisruptive (deny)

MITRE associates this CWE with the following attack-pattern entries. These taxonomy relationships are context, not Atomicorp coverage claims:

CAPEC-10 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-100 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-123 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-14 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-24 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-42 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-44 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-45 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-46 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-47 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-8 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-9 (opens in a new tab)