Security advisory: Recently reported Chromium "Type confusion" issue impacts Qt WebEngine

Google has recently reported that Chromium has a security issue - Type confusion in the V8 JavaScript engine - which is reported in a bit more detail here: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop25.html. This has been assigned the CVE id CVE-2022-1096. This...

Heap overflow

V8 javascript engine heap vulnerability can cause privilege escalation ,which can impact on some webOS TV models...

CVE-2022-23731

V8 javascript engine heap vulnerability can cause privilege escalation ,which can impact on some webOS TV models...

Nodebb licensing issue vulnerability

NodeBB is a forum system built by the Design Create Play team using Node.js, a web application platform built on top of Google's V8 JavaScript engine. an authorization issue vulnerability exists in Nodebb, which stems from a faulty token authentication logic in the product, and could be exploited...

Nodebb path traversal vulnerability

NodeBB is a forum system built by the Design Create Play team using Node.js, a web application platform built on top of Google's V8 JavaScript engine. Nodebb is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that could be exploited to access locations outside of restricted directories...

Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞

Chrome is a web browsing tool developed by Google. a post-release reuse vulnerability exists in V8 in versions prior to Google Chrome 95.0.4638.54. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page...

Google Emergency Update Fixes Two Chrome Zero Days

Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix yet another pair of zero days – the second pair this month – that are being exploited in the wild. This hoists this year’s total number of zero days found in the browser up to a dozen. “Google is aware the exploits for CVE-2021-37975 and...

Edge’s Super Duper Secure Mode benchmarked: How much speed would you trade for security?

In an attempt to make Edge more secure, the Microsoft Vulnerability Research team has started to experiment with disabling Just-In-Time JIT compilation in the browsers V8 JavaScript engine, to create what its calling Super Duper Secure Mode. The reasoning behind this experiment sounds valid. A...

Node.js: Unexpected input validation of octal literals in nodejs v15.12.0 and below returns defined values for all undefined octal literals.

Summary: Unexpected input validation of octal literals in the nodejs implementation of V8 JavaScript engine V8 9.0.257.13 and below returns defined values for all undefined octal literals where otherwise should return undefined. Input data 08, 09... 078, 079 should return undefined, as evinced by...

Google Chrome Zero-Day Afflicts Windows, Mac Users

Google is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its V8 open-source web engine that’s being actively exploited by attackers. A patch has been issued in version 88 of Google’s Chrome browser — specifically, version 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This update will roll out over the coming...

Firefox Patches Critical Mystery Bug, Also Impacting Google Chrome

A Mozilla Foundation update to the Firefox web browser, released Tuesday, tackles one critical vulnerability and a handful of high-severity bugs. The update, released as Firefox version 84, is also billed by Mozilla as boosting the browser’s performance and adding native support for macOS hardwar...

Foxit Reader JavaScript media openPlayer type confusion vulnerability

Summary A type confusion vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s Foxit PDF Reader, version 10.1.0.37527. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger an improper use of an object, resulting in memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the...

Foxit Reader JavaScript choice field use-after-free vulnerability

Summary A use after free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s Foxit PDF Reader, version 10.1.0.37527. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger reuse of previously free memory which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open t...

New Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser

Google has patched a second actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser in two weeks, along with addressing nine other security vulnerabilities in its latest update. The company released 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which it said will be rolling out over the coming...

Foxit PhantomPDF 8.x < 8.3.12 / 9.x < 9.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its version, the Foxit PhantomPDF application formally known as Phantom installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 8.x 8.3.12 / 9.x 9.7. It is, therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An out-of-bounds error exists in the V8 JavaScript engine. An unauthenticated, remot...

CVE-2019-13123

Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114 and earlier has two unique RecursiveCall bugs involving 3 functions exhausting available stack memory because of Uncontrolled Recursion in the V8 JavaScript engine issue 1 of 2...

Design/Logic Flaw

Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114 and earlier has two unique RecursiveCall bugs involving 3 functions exhausting available stack memory because of Uncontrolled Recursion in the V8 JavaScript engine issue 1 of 2...

CVE-2019-13124

CVE-2019-13124 affects Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114 and earlier, due to two RecursiveCall bugs in the V8 JavaScript engine that cause uncontrolled recursion, exhausting stack memory in three functions. This is described as a denial of service/crash risk related to stack exhaustion. The connected docu...

CVE-2019-13124

Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114 and earlier has two unique RecursiveCall bugs involving 3 functions exhausting available stack memory because of Uncontrolled Recursion in the V8 JavaScript engine issue 2 of 2...

CVE-2019-13123

Foxit Reader (Windows) versions 9.6.0.25114 and earlier are affected by a denial-of-service due to two RecursiveCall bugs in the V8 JavaScript engine that exhaust stack memory via uncontrolled recursion (issue 1 of 2). The vulnerability is tied to the V8 engine within Foxit Reader and impacts the...