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 ...

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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 ...

A number of heap overflow vulnerabilities have been found in the open source PDF viewer application xpdf, according to advisories from iDefense. The flaws could be exploited to run arbitrary code on ...

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 ...

Symantec's antivirus software contains a vulnerability that could be exploited by a malicious hacker to take control of a system, the company said late Tuesday. According to Symantec, the bug, which ...

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 ...

Google Chrome has a security vulnerability that is already being taken advantage of – but, luckily, there's a fix. Today is the day to update your Google Chrome browser to plug a vulnerability that ...