Detailed attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-256: SOAP Array Overflow
An attacker sends a SOAP request with an array whose actual length exceeds the length indicated in the request. If the server processing the transmission naively trusts the specified size, then an attacker can intentionally understate the size of the array, possibly resulting in a buffer overflow if the server attempts to read the entire data set into the memory it allocated for a smaller array.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Not rated
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
1
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Overview
CAPEC-256 (SOAP Array Overflow) is a detailed-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.