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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: 14
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 12
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 21

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-2008-3257Oracle Weblogic Apache Connector POST Request Buffer Overflowweblogic serverProtected by Atomicorp rules390724
CVE-2008-4193Alt-N SecurityGateway username Buffer OverflowsecuritygatewayProtected by Atomicorp rules390716
CVE-2009-3849HP OpenView Network Node Manager Snmp.exe CGI Buffer Overflowopenview network node managerProtected by Atomicorp rules392648
CVE-2011-0266HP OpenView NNM nnmRptConfig nameParams Buffer Overflowopenview network node managerProtected by Atomicorp rules344365 , 392647
CVE-2011-0267HP OpenView NNM nnmRptConfig.exe schdParams Buffer Overflowopenview network node managerProtected by Atomicorp rules392647
CVE-2014-3936D-Link HNAP Request Remote Buffer Overflowdir505 shareport mobile companion firmwareProtected by Atomicorp rules381237
CVE-2016-6563Dlink DIR Routers Unauthenticated HNAP Login Stack Buffer Overflowdir-823 firmwareProtected by Atomicorp rules381237
CVE-2021-1472Cisco Small Business RV Series Authentication Bypass and Command Injectionrv160 firmwareProtected by Atomicorp rules330791 , 334168 , 340014 , 340128 , 340149 , 340152 , 344364 , 344366 , 344370 , 350147 , 360152 , 380018 , 390801
CVE-2021-1473Cisco Small Business RV Series Authentication Bypass and Command Injectionrv340 firmwareProtected by Atomicorp rules330791 , 334168 , 340128 , 340149 , 340152 , 350147 , 360152 , 380018 , 390801
CVE-2016-5680NUUO NVRmini2 / NVRsolo / Crystal Devices / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Application - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesnvrmini 2Protected by Atomicorp rules392301
CVE-2007-6377BadBlue 2.72b PassThru Buffer OverflowbadblueProtected by Atomicorp rules390716
CVE-2013-0249cURL - Buffer Overflow (PoC)curlProtected by Atomicorp rules390727 , 392301 , 392648
CVE-2012-5451TVMOBiLi 2.1.0.3557 - Denial of ServicetvmobiliProtected by Atomicorp rules390727 , 392301 , 392648
CVE-2012-1465NetDecision NOCVision Server Directory TraversalnetdecisionProtected by Atomicorp rules344365 , 390716

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
330791Activedisruptive (deny)
334168Activedisruptive (deny)
340014Activedisruptive (deny)
340128Activedisruptive (deny)
340149Activedisruptive (deny)
340152Activedisruptive (deny)
344364Activedisruptive (deny)
344365Activedisruptive (deny)
344366Activedisruptive (deny)
344370Activedisruptive (deny)
350147Activedisruptive (deny)
360152Activedisruptive (deny)
380018Activedisruptive (deny)
381237Activedisruptive (deny)
390716Activedisruptive (deny)
390724Activedisruptive (deny)
390727Activedisruptive (deny)
390801Activedisruptive (deny)
392301Activedisruptive (deny)
392647Activedisruptive (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)