Google has released emergency updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome browser. CVE-2023-5217 is a high-severity vulnerability that can lead to program crashes or arbitrary code execution. Google has mentioned in the advisory that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has discovered the … Continue reading “Google Addresses Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability in Chrome Browser (CVE-2023-5217)”
Tag: Heap Buffer Overflow
Mozilla Patches Zero-day Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)
Mozilla has released a security patch to address a zero-day vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the vulnerability is rated as critical. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash the application on devices running vulnerable versions of Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. Earlier this week, Google addressed the CVE … Continue reading “Mozilla Patches Zero-day Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)”
Google Chrome Zero-day Heap Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)
Google has released security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used web browser Chrome. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the CVE has been rated critical by Google. Google is aware of the active exploitation of the vulnerability. CVE-2023-4863 is a Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WebP image format. The vulnerability may allow an attacker … Continue reading “Google Chrome Zero-day Heap Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)”
Fortinet FortiOS Critical Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-27997)
Fortinet has addressed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in its network operating system, FortiOS. CVE-2023-27997 has been given a critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.2. Charles Fol and Dany Bach from LEXFO have discovered and reported the vulnerability to Fortinet. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code … Continue reading “Fortinet FortiOS Critical Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2023-27997)”
Google Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2022-2294)
Google has released security updates for its Windows and Android users to address a high-severity, zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome browser. The vulnerability was discovered by Jan Vojtesek from the Avast Threat Intelligence team on 1st July. Tracked as CVE-2022-2294, the vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) component. This … Continue reading “Google Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2022-2294)”
Aruba AirWave Web-Based Management Interface Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2021- 37715)
Earlier this year, Qualys discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo, named ‘Baron Samedit’ (CVE-2021-3156). Baron Samedit A vulnerability in the command line parameter parsing code of Sudo could allow an attacker with access to Sudo to execute commands or binaries with root privileges. Baron Samedit is exploitable by any local user (normal users and … Continue reading “Aruba AirWave Web-Based Management Interface Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2021- 37715)”
Google Chrome Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21148)
Overview On 4th February 2021, Google released an update to fix a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-21148) in the Chrome browser. It has been fixed in Chrome version 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac, and Linux OS. The vulnerability was found in Google’s open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine called V8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could … Continue reading “Google Chrome Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21148)”
