A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the FOXMAN-UN/UNEM that if exploited will generally lead to a denial of service but can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of a program's implicit security policy
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.