Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Property
Language
Severity
CWE	CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Confidence Level	Low
Impact Level	High
Likelihood Level	Low

Description#

Using the Buffer API with the ’noAssert’ option set to true disables bounds checking, allowing reads or writes outside the valid range of the buffer. This can cause your code to access or modify memory it shouldn’t, leading to unpredictable behavior.

Impact#

If exploited, an attacker could read sensitive data from adjacent memory or corrupt data, potentially causing application crashes or introducing new vulnerabilities. This undermines data integrity and could expose confidential information or lead to further attacks.