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Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in FreeBSD (CVE-2026-45257, CVE-2026-49413)

Multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-45257 (kernel out-of-bounds write) and CVE-2026-49413 (Linux compatibility layer memory mapping), exist in FreeBSD branches 14 and 15, allowing a local unprivileged attacker to achieve privilege escalation.

FreeBSD branch 14 versions prior to 14-n274315 +5 freebsd vulnerability privilege-escalation local-privilege-escalation
3r 4i
high advisory

CodexBar Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability (CVE-2026-49135)

CodexBar versions prior to 0.32.0 are vulnerable to insecure temporary file handling, allowing local attackers to access sensitive credentials or tamper with build artifacts due to predictable file paths in the release notarization workflow.

CodexBar < 0.32.0 insecure-temp-file local-privilege-escalation
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

SocuSoft iPod Photo Slideshow 8.05 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2018-25375)

SocuSoft iPod Photo Slideshow 8.05 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2018-25375) in the registration dialog, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by overwriting the structured exception handler via crafted input.

iPod Photo Slideshow buffer-overflow cve-2018-25375 local-privilege-escalation
2r 2t 1c
high threat

SIPp Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2018-25356)

SIPp 3.6 and earlier contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2018-25356) in command-line argument handling, allowing local attackers to potentially crash the application or execute arbitrary code by supplying oversized input to the -3pcc, -i, or -log_file parameters.

SIPp buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation cve
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

CVE-2018-25328 - VX Search 10.6.18 Local Buffer Overflow

VX Search 10.6.18 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2018-25328) that allows attackers to overwrite the instruction pointer by supplying an oversized string in the directory field, leading to arbitrary code execution with application privileges.

VX Search 10.6.18 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation cve-2018-25328
2r 2t 1c
high advisory

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 Stack Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-37221)

Atomic Alarm Clock 6.3 is vulnerable to a stack overflow, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious string to the display name textbox in the Time Zones Clock configuration (CVE-2020-37221).

Atomic Alarm Clock cve-2020-37221 stack overflow local privilege escalation
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Radare2 Path Traversal Vulnerability in Project Deletion

Radare2 versions prior to 6.1.4 are vulnerable to a path traversal in project deletion, allowing local attackers to recursively delete arbitrary directories by escaping the 'dir.projects' root, leading to integrity and availability loss.

radare2 path-traversal local-privilege-escalation
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Microsoft Graphics Component Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2026-32221)

CVE-2026-32221 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics Component, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

cve-2026-32221 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation graphics-component
2r 2t 1c
high advisory

Easy Video to iPod Converter 1.6.20 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Easy Video to iPod Converter 1.6.20 is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow in the user registration field, allowing a local attacker to overwrite the structured exception handler (SEH) by providing a crafted payload exceeding 996 bytes in the username field, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with user privileges.

cve-2019-25701 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation windows
2r 2t 1c
high advisory

Vim Vulnerability Allows Local Code Execution

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Vim to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

vim code-execution local-privilege-escalation
2r 1t
high advisory

Flat Assembler Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2017-20228)

Flat Assembler version 1.71.21 is susceptible to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, allowing local attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by providing a crafted, oversized input file.

cve-2017-20228 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation
2r 1t
high advisory

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

PInfo version 0.6.9-5.1 is susceptible to a local buffer overflow vulnerability, enabling local attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing an overly large argument to the '-m' parameter, ultimately allowing for shellcode execution with user privileges.

buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation cve-2016-20044
2r 1t
high advisory

TiEmu 3.03 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2016-20040)

TiEmu 3.03 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in ROM parameter handling, enabling local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code by providing an oversized ROM parameter via the command-line interface.

cve-2016-20040 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation
2r 1t
high advisory

FlexHEX 2.71 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2019-25627)

FlexHEX 2.71 is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow in the Stream Name field, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a structured exception handler (SEH) overflow.

buffer-overflow seh-overflow local-privilege-escalation windows
2r 2t
critical advisory

Lavavo CD Ripper 4.20 SEH Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Lavavo CD Ripper 4.20 is vulnerable to a structured exception handling (SEH) buffer overflow, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious string in the License Activation Name field leading to arbitrary code execution and a bind shell.

buffer-overflow seh cve-2019-25615 local-privilege-escalation windows
2r 1t
high advisory

Admin Express 1.2.5.485 Local SEH Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Admin Express 1.2.5.485 is susceptible to a local structured exception handling buffer overflow vulnerability, enabling local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload in the Folder Path field of the System Compare feature.

cve-2019-25612 buffer-overflow local-privilege-escalation windows
2r 2t
high advisory

Windows HTTP.sys Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2026-21250)

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows 11 24H2, Windows 11 25H2, and Windows Server 2022 23H2 due to improper handling of untrusted pointers in HTTP.sys via strcat truncation.

Windows 11 +1 local-privilege-escalation windows cve-2026-21250 http.sys
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Linux Kernel proc_readdir_de() Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Linux Kernel versions ~3.14+ through 6.18-rc5 due to a use-after-free in the proc_readdir_de() function, where a concurrent traversal can dereference a freed entry's fields during network device unregistration, leading to privilege escalation via modprobe_path overwrite.

Linux Kernel local-privilege-escalation kernel-vulnerability use-after-free linux
2r 1t 1c