Linux kernel vulnerable to buffer overflows since 2019
William Liu, one of the developers of Linux, found a bug in the Linux kernel. All kernel versions since February 2019 have been vulnerable to buffer overflows.
Bugs in the Linux kernel are rare, but conceivable nonetheless. William Liu (Linux kernel developer) found a vulnerability in fs/fs_cont... Read more
Zoom was vulnerable to buffer overflows and memory leaks
Project Zero found two vulnerabilities in Zoom, which have since been patched. Clients of users were found to be susceptible to buffer overflows. Data from central Zoom servers was successfully leaked from outside the network.
The vulnerabilities were found by Natalie Silvanovich, a security res... Read more
Linux vulnerability allows hackers to attack devices through wi-fi
The
Linux kernel has been found to contain an error, which provides hackers with the
opportunity to crash devices using Realtek's WiFi chips. In some cases, it is
also possible to take over devices. The error has existed for 6 years, until now.
The
vulnerability is located in the RTLWIFI driver,... Read more