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-2019-11214

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Messaging System versions prior to 7.10 SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Messaging System versions 7.10 to 7.11 SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Messaging System version 7.20 SAP NetWeaver Process Integrati...

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...

spring-messaging module Code Execution

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...

Input validation

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: Out-of-bounds Write

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...

PT-2019-8835

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qualcomm Snapdragon versions MDM9150 through MDM9655 Qualcomm Snapdragon versions MSM8909W through MSM8996AU Qualcomm Snapdragon versions QCS605 Qualcomm Snapdragon versions SD 210/SD 212/SD 205 through SD 8CX Qualcomm Snapdragon versions SDA6...

CloudBees Jenkins JMS Messaging Plugin Server Request Forgery Vulnerability

CloudBees Jenkins Hudson Labs is the United States CloudBees company's set of Java-based development of continuous integration tools. The product is mainly used to monitor the continuous software version release/testing projects and some timed tasks . JMS Messaging Plugin is used in one of the...

Researcher: Not Hard for a Hacker to Capsize a Ship at Sea

Maritime transport still contributes in an important way to the world’s economy, with on-time shipments influencing everything from commodities availability and spot pricing to the stability of small countries. Unfortunately, capsizing a ship with a cyberattack is a relatively low-skill enterpris...