Last week I summarized the difficulties in preventing buffer overflows in complex software and introduced fuzzers. With multiple buffer overflows announced every week on some of the world’s most ...

Buffer Overflow Attacks occur as a result of excess data being input into a system memory buffer. Moreover, when the memory buffer’s capacity has been reached, the music will stop playing. To avoid ...

AFAIK, IANAP:<BR> <BR>Some programming languages (C, for instance) have certain functions that <I>do not</I> check whether an argument is too big for its buffer, eg printf(). There are functions that ...

Many times when updates or security patches appear for the OS or applications, a common reason for the update is that an attacker can make the program execute arbitrary code, usually by tricking a ...

Over 660,000 exposed Rsync servers are potentially vulnerable to six new vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity heap-buffer overflow flaw that allows remote code execution on servers. Rsync is ...

"When looking for vulnerabilities in open-source code, it is advisable to check portions of code that is prone to errors": Useful tips from one of ESET's malware analysts, Matías Porolli, on how to ...

Developers at PHP recently patched a bug that can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. UPDATE Developers at PHP recently pushed out a series of patches to fix a handful of vulnerabilities, including ...

Researchers have discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw in one of the Internet's core building blocks that leaves hundreds or thousands of apps and hardware devices vulnerable to attacks that can ...

HP has published security advisories for three critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting hundreds of its LaserJet Pro, Pagewide Pro, OfficeJet, Enterprise, Large Format, and DeskJet printer models.