A buffer overflow or overrun is a memory safety issue where a program does not properly check the boundaries of an allocated fixed-length memory buffer and writes more data than it can hold. This ...

A classic buffer overflow exploit has been discovered in the Android software development kit (SDK) that impacts all versions of the Android Debug Bridge on Linux x86_64. The exploit scenario involved ...

Packet Storm made public today a proof-of-concept exploiting a known and patched heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple’s Safari browser. Packet Storm made public today a proof-of-concept ...

Snort can be buffer overflowed. About once a year, Snort gets a buffer overflow vulnerability. Any piece of additional software in a defense strategy has to be carefully considered (e.g. Snort, ...

An exploit for a flaw in censorware mandated by the Chinese government has been made publicly available for download on the internet. The buffer overflow flaw exists in the latest, patched version of ...

A recent Linux security hole allows local users to seize the power of root. We show the Linux bugs that came together to let it happen. Once all this has happened, control returns to vmsplice_to_pipe( ...

A common cause of malfunctioning software. If the amount of data copied into a memory buffer exceeds the size of the buffer, the extra data will overwrite whatever is ...

Apple’s Activation Lock feature, introduced in iOS 7 in 2013, deters thieves by associating your iPhone and iPad with your Apple ID. Even if a thief steals your device, puts it into Recovery Mode, and ...

This excerpt is from Chapter 7, Buffer Overflow of Exploiting Software: How to Break Code written by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw, and published by Addison-Wesley ...

Symantec has revealed that Apple's failure to update the open source Samba file- and print-sharing software that ships with OS X means that even fully up-to-date installations are still vulnerable to ...