CVE-2026-28852

#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> // Simulated vulnerable function demonstrating the stack overflow void trigger_vulnerability(char *user_input) { char buffer[64]; // Small stack buffer // Vulnerability: No bounds check on input length before copy // This mimics the 'improved input validation' fix mentioned in the CVE strcpy(buffer, user_input); printf("Processed input: %s\n", buffer); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // Payload designed to overflow the 64-byte buffer // 'A' * 100 bytes to overwrite return address and crash the app char poc_payload[] = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"; printf("[*] Attempting to trigger CVE-2026-28852 PoC...\n"); trigger_vulnerability(poc_payload); return 0; }

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