Stack-based buffer overflows: Overwriting the return address. As frames are stacked on top of each other with each function call, return addresses are also pushed onto the stack, ...

Stack buffer overflow attacks. In the case of WhatsApp, according to Facebook’s notice, “A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially ...

Two stack-based buffer overflows collectively tracked as CVE-2023-32560 impact Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution designed to manage, monitor, and secure a wide ...

This is something that has always puzzled me. You hear about security flaws all the time in products because a malicious program can overflow the buffer and execute any code that it wants.It would ...

Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection is a security feature introduced in Windows 11 22H2 that protects systems from various memory attacks, such as stack buffer overflows.

There are stack buffer overflows in two components of a Honeywell point-of-sale software package that can allow attackers to run arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The vulnerabilities lie in ...

Researchers at IBM disclosed a serious buffer overflow vulnerability in Android 4.3 and earlier that could lead to code execution. The bug is patched in KitKat, but most users are on older versions.

Developer Landon Fuller has created a a runtime fix for the stack buffer overflow in the QuickTime Streaming component reported yesterday. This flaw could theoretically lead to malicious code ...

It ultimately arrived as a "high" security fix for a buffer overflow, one that affects all OpenSSL 3.x installations, but is unlikely to lead to remote code execution.