BufferOverflow

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

NULL Pointer Dereference

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Out-Of-Bounds Write

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin MXit protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by...

Arbitrary Code Execution

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A flaw was found in the way the Pidgin MSN protocol plug-in processed text that was not encoded in UTF-8. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect-21-2.fc29

The KDE Connect project allows devices to securely share content such as notifications and files as well as interactive features such as SMS messagi ng and remote input. The KDE Connect team maintains cross-desktop, Android and Sailfish applications as well as an interface for KDE Plasma. GSConne...

Hacker Breaks Into French Government's New Secure Messaging App

A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government's newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accounts associated with the government identities. Dubbed "Tchap ," the end-to-end encrypted, open source...

Google Makes it Tough for Rogue App Developers Get Back on Android Play Store

Even after Google's security oversight over its already-huge Android ecosystem has evolved over the years, malware apps still keep coming back to Google Play Store. Sometimes just reposting an already detected malware app from a newly created Play Store account, or using other developers' existin...

Encrypted Messaging Project "Matrix" Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

Matrix—the organization behind an open source project that offers a protocol for secure and decentralized real-time communication—has suffered a massive cyber attack after unknown attackers gained access to the servers hosting its official website and data. Hackers defaced Matrix's website, and...

Encrypted Messaging Project "Matrix" Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

Matrix—the organization behind an open source project that offers a protocol for secure and decentralized real-time communication—has suffered a massive cyber attack after unknown attackers gained access to the servers hosting its official website and data. Hackers defaced Matrix's website, and...

CVE-2019-3845

A lack of access control was found in the message queues maintained by Satellite's QPID broker and used by katello-agent in versions before Satellite 6.2, Satellite 6.1 optional and Satellite Capsule 6.1. A malicious user authenticated to a host registered to Satellite or Capsule can use this fla...

PT-2019-19935 · Joomla · Harmis Je Messenger

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Harmis JE Messenger component version 1.2.2 Description: An issue was discovered in the Harmis JE Messenger component for Joomla!. It is possible to craft messages in a way that JavaScript gets executed on the side of the receiving user when...

The vulnerability of the spring-messaging module of the Spring Framework allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the spring-messaging module in the Spring Framework is caused by errors in the handling of STOMP messages. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted message...

Kushner Used WhatsApp, a Very Bad Database Leak, and More Security News This Week

The president's daughter and son-in-law used private messaging against the rules, and more security news this week...

Command execution vulnerability in the messagingagent module of Xiaoxi MINI smart speaker

Xiao Ai MINI Smart Speaker is an AI-based speaker that can be connected to the Internet. A command execution vulnerability exists in the messagingagent module of the Xiao-ai MINI smart speaker, which can be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary commands to the device from the...

Android Messaging: A Few Bugs Short of a Chain

Posted by Natalie Silvanovich, Project Zero About a year and a half ago, I did some research into Android messaging and mail clients. At the time, I didn’t blog about it, because though I found bugs, I wasn’t able to assemble them into a credible attack. However, in the spirit of writing about...

CVE-2018-11945

Improper input validation in wireless service messaging module for data received from broadcast messages can lead to heap overflow in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon...

CVE-2018-11945

CVE-2018-11945 is a heap overflow due to improper input validation in the wireless service messaging module that processes data from broadcast messages. The flaw affects Qualcomm/Snapdragon families (e.g., Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon IoT, and related mo...