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Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Found in VLC Media Player

A buffer overflow could occur in VideoLAN’s VLC cross-platform multimedia player when attempting to parse a specially crafted advanced systems format (ASF) movie, a researcher reported. A buffer ...
Computer Weekly

Spectre variant gives buffer overflow a new twist

Security researchers Vladimir Kiriansky and Carl Waldspurger have uncovered two buffer-overflow derivatives of the Spectre microprocessor bug. In a paper describing the flaws – dubbed Spectre 1.1 and ...
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Buffer Overflow in BSD libc Library Patched

The BSD libc library was updated recently to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The BSD libc library was updated recently to address ...
The Conversation

Buffer overflows are the ghosts that will always be among us

John Clark does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Guru3D.com

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Discovered in Crucial MX500 SSD Firmware

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the Crucial MX500 solid-state drive (SSD) running firmware version M3CR046. Recorded as CVE-2024-42642 on the official CVE website, this security ...
Simon Fraser University

[linux-security] libpng buffer overflow

Topic ===== buffer overflow in PNG library Problem description ===== The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files ...
TechSpot

Buffer overflow-type memory bugs remain the most dangerous vulnerabilities out there

Why it matters: Every year, the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute releases a list for the most common weakness enumeration in software, which lead to the most abused ...