Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash...

Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash...

Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1196

After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 91.8 and Firefox ESR 91.8...

Telling stories securely, with Runa Sandvik: Lock and Code S03E07

In 2017, a former NSA contractor named Reality Winner was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news outlet The Intercept. To verify the report itself, a journalist for The Intercept sent an image of the report to the NSA, but upon further inspection, it was revealed tha...

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: OpenSceneGraph-3.6.5-5.fc36

The OpenSceneGraph is an OpenSource, cross platform graphics toolkit for the development of high performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games, virtual reality and scientific visualization. Based around the concept of a SceneGraph, it provides an object oriented framework on...

3 Tips for Facing the Harsh Truths of Cybersecurity in 2022, Part I

Be forewarned—I’m about to lay down some harsh truths here. First, ransomware is prevalent, and there is no way to completely eliminate the threat. Second, at this point, you should operate under the assumption that hackers are already in your systems or could easily access them at any moment. It...

Meta blows safety bubble around users after reports of sexual harassment

There’s trouble brewing in the Metaverse, but the trouble isnt a particularly new problem. In fact, it’s been an issue for years - and so have many of the solutions. Strangely, Meta is having to play catch-up where some basic security and safety settings are concerned in the virtual realm. At...

Ctrl+Alt+Truth. Welcome to the future of cybercrime

Welcome to 2030, to the nation of New San Joban, where a single keystroke can alter reality. Discover what a fully converged digital world means for the future of cybersecurity, and how you can stay ahead of the bad guys...

CVE-2021-30256

Possible stack overflow due to improper validation of camera name length before copying the name in VR Service in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT...

CVE-2021-30257

Possible out of bound read or write in VR service due to lack of validation of DSP selection values in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT...

多款Qualcomm产品缓冲区错误漏洞

Qualcomm SD 636 and others are products of Qualcomm Incorporated Qualcomm.SD 636 is a central processing unit CPU product.SDM630 is a central processing unit CPU product.APQ8017 is a central processing unit CPU product. A buffer error vulnerability exists in Qualcomm that stems from a lack of...

Facebook puts on Ray-Bans, struts into the privacy minefield of smart glasses

Facebook, neck-deep in virtual / augmented reality with the Oculus headset, continues to move things up a gear. Its announced “Ray-Ban stories”, smart glasses which take video and photos. The company may yet go one step further and incorporate these features into Augmented Reality AR specs which ...

Is it game over for VR advergaming?

We’ve been warning about advergaming—the combination of virtual reality VR and ads—for years on the Labs Blog. I’ve given a few talks on the subject too, and how ad networks will slowly work their way into enclosed spaces formerly reserved for your head. They still might, but thanks to a recent...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Medical Virtual Simulation Teaching Experiment Platform of Shanghai Dream Road Digital Technology Co.

Medical virtual simulation teaching experiment platform is a virtual reality system with computer virtual reality and digital simulation technology as the core, biosimulation engine, processing factor database, virtual environment interface and other technologies as the support. Shanghai Dream Ro...

XITE Music Video Platform Amplifies Entertainment with Akamai's Help

By: Ralph Aantjes With so many people around the globe seeking socially distanced fun and solace, at-home entertainment has never been more important. XITE aims to offer the best music video experience in the world. Akamai is delighted that this exciting, interactive video platform chose to work...

Cybersecurity in Cyberpunk 2077: the good, the bad, and the cringeworthy

What game caused some players to experience seizures, allows you to have unauthorized sex with Keanu Reeves, features a lead character who can’t keep the contents of his pants contained, was pulled from the PlayStation Store weeks after release, and still managed to shatter sales and streaming...

Evaluating Our Core Principles

Reflecting on the past year led me to put together this post about how I believe this incredibly challenging year has had an irreversible effect on the way the workforce will collaborate, innovate, and do business in the future. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged at the beginning of 2020 and led to ne...

November 19, 2020—KB4586819 (OS Builds 18362.1237 and 18363.1237) Preview

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Pixar OpenUSD binary file format specs memory corruption

Summary An out-of-bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 uses SPECS data from binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access and modification which results in memory corruption. To trigger this vulnerability, t...