Tron Foundation: DOS attack by consuming all CPU and using all available memory

Summary: A single request to submit a post to /wallet/deploycontract with several megabytes of bytecode along with CPU intensive long parsing will consume CPU for about 10 minutes while still holding several megabytes of bytecode in heap. With enough requests lets say 1K-10K depending upon...

PT-2018-2895

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VipNet Coordinator HW affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a memory overflow on the hard disk of the VipNet Coordinator HW information protection hardware and software complex. Exploitation of this issue could...

VBScript - VbsErase Reference Leak Use-After-Free

VBScript - VbsErase Reference Leak Use-After-Free There is an reference leak in Microsoft VBScript that can be turned into an use-after-free given sufficient time. The vulnerability has been confirmed in Internet Explorer on various Windows versions with the latest patches applied. Details:...

The vulnerability of the `pack` function in the Perl interpreter allows attackers to cause service failures, gain access to confidential data, or compromise its integrity.

The vulnerability of the pack function in the Perl interpreter is related to an error that causes overflow in the dynamic memory when writing data to it during operations involving a large number of elements within the pack function. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execu...

Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR integer overflow vulnerability (CNVD-2018-25865)

Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR are both browser products developed by the Mozilla Foundation in the U.S. Firefox is an open source web browser; Firefox ESR is an extended support version of Firefox. A security vulnerability exists in Mozilla Firefox version 63 and Firefox ESR version 60.3. An...

The vulnerability of Qualcomm Biometrics’ component in the Android operating system allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Qualcomm Biometrics’ component in the Android operating system is caused by an overflow in the memory buffer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code...

PT-2018-2193

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SINUMERIK 828D V4.7 versions prior to V4.7 SP6 HF1 SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.7 versions prior to V4.7 SP6 HF5 SINUMERIK 840D sl V4.8 versions prior to V4.8 SP3 Description The issue is related to a dynamic memory overflow in the Siemens Sinumerik C...

The vulnerability of the JavaScript script handler ChakraCore in Microsoft Edge browsers allows attackers to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the JavaScript script handler ChakraCore in Microsoft Edge browsers is caused by an operation that goes beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code through a specially created web page...

PT-2018-1803

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a remote code execution problem in the Chakra scripting engine of Microsoft Edge, caused by a buffer overflow in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute...

Two Zero-Day Bugs Open Millions of Wireless Access Points to Attack

UPDATE Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low-Energy chips made by Texas Instruments and used in millions of wireless access points open corporate networks to crippling stealth attacks. Adversaries can exploit the bugs by simply being approximately 100 to 300 feet from the vulnerable...

glibc: Buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 in the mempcpyavx512novzeroupper function when particular conditions are met. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code...

Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp Account

What if just receiving a video call on WhatsApp could hack your smartphone? This sounds filmy, but Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp messenger that could have allowed hackers to remotely take full control of your WhatsApp just b...

CVE-2018-17942

The converttodecimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing...

CVE-2018-17076

The CVE-2018-17076 issue affects GPP up to version 2.25. The root cause is that processing a crafted file can cause excessive stack usage, leading to a segmentation fault or potentially other impact. The available documents confirm the vulnerability and its memory-related stack overflow behavior,...

The vulnerability of JavaScript script handlers in Internet Explorer allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of JavaScript script handlers in Internet Explorer arises from an operation that goes beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page or document...

Microsoft Edge browser’s vulnerability, related to the execution of operations beyond the buffer in memory, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge arises from an operation that goes beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted web page...

The vulnerability of the WebAssembly component in Mozilla Firefox’s browser allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the WebAssembly component in Mozilla Firefox arises due to an overflow in memory buffers. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause a service failure...

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm GERAN component of the Android operating system allows attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the GERAN component GSM EDGE Radio Access Network of the Android operating system arises from an operation that goes beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibili...

CVE-2018-5093

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability may occur in WebAssembly during Memory/Table resizing, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 58...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5095

An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library when allocating memory for edge builders on some systems with at least 8 GB of RAM. This results in the use of uninitialized memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 52.6, Firefox ESR 52.6, a...