Free online fixes are now available to repair a buffer overflow security vulnerability found recently in Microsoft Corp.’s free MSN Chat, MSN Messenger and Microsoft Exchange Instant Messenger ...

In mid-May, a nasty security bug was discovered in popular messaging app WhatsApp that allowed hackers to install powerful malware on iPhone and Android devices. Interestingly, to exploit the bug, ...

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the Crucial MX500 solid-state drive (SSD) running firmware version M3CR046. Recorded as CVE-2024-42642 on the official CVE website, this security ...

Cisco Systems released fixes for 15 vulnerabilities in three of its major product lines on Wednesday, including two different security appliances. The vulnerabilities would either allow an attacker to ...

A buffer overflow could occur in VideoLAN’s VLC cross-platform multimedia player when attempting to parse a specially crafted advanced systems format (ASF) movie, a researcher reported. A buffer ...

Sourcefire, which oversees the open-source intrusion-detection system Snort and makes commercial products based on it, Tuesday disclosed a major vulnerability in Snort along with corrective measures ...

A software buffer overflow vulnerability in Samba open-source software could give an attacker remote access to a machine running that software, according to security company Digital Defense. The Samba ...

Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability: Rumors have it that this exploit code exists in the wild. Thus far, Cybertrust hasn’t seen any evidence of it. Symantec has raised its ...

Secunia is reporting on a newly discovered, "moderately critical" vulnerability in Mac OS X's ftpd process. ftpd (tnftpd) is the FTP (file transfer protocol) server component of Mac OS X used to ...

Secunia reports on a newly discovered QuickTime buffer overflow vulnerability that has been confirmed for version 7.x.x of the multimedia software for Windows, and is also thought to affect the Mac OS ...