The story of modern computer security can never be told -- it's the story of the unknown. Right now, most people treat vulnerabilities as a constant stream of one-offs. In many real ways, the entire ...

MIAMI BEACH–There has been a lot of discussion and research in the last decade on exploiting heap overflows in various platforms, especially Windows. But one researcher has found that there is a heap ...

Adobe has released security patches to resolve 36 vulnerabilities present in DNG, Reader, and Acrobat software. On Tuesday, the software giant issued two security advisories (1, 2) detailing the bugs, ...

Ivanti has released security updates to fix 27 vulnerabilities in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, two of them critical heap overflows that can be exploited for remote command ...

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The bug (CVE-2021-43267) exists in a TIPC message type that allows Linux nodes to send cryptographic keys to each other. A critical heap-overflow security vulnerability in the Transparent Inter ...

Vupen used two separate bugs – a heap overflow bug and a memory corruption bug – to compromise IE 9 and run code outside the sandbox. The heap overflow vulnerability exists in a number of versions of ...

Apple has released QuickTime 7.4.1, an update to the multimedia infrastructure for Mac OS X, which includes the following security refinement: Visiting a malicious website may lead to an unexpected ...

ZRTPCPP, an open-source library that’s used by several applications offering end-to-end encrypted phone calls, contained three vulnerabilities that could have enabled arbitrary code execution and ...

Remote attackers could gain control of systems protected by Symantec Corp.’s antivirus software due to a flaw in Symantec’s Antivirus Library, the company confirmed Wednesday. Independent security ...