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CVE-2014-8446 - Adobe Acrobat/Reader - Memory Corruption

Memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution.
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
2022-10-02
Critical
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Hardcoded AES 256 bit key used in Kankun Smart socket and its mobile App

Hardcoded AES 256 bit key used in Kankun Smart socket and its mobile App.
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
Information Disclosure
CWE-310
2022-10-02
Medium
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Microsoft Internet Explorer CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Information Disclosure Vulnerability This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information…
Browser
Information Disclosure
CWE-200
2022-10-02
Medium
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Adobe Reader Type Confusion - Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Adobe Reader Type Confusion – Memory Corruption Vulnerability This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader.
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-119
2022-10-02
High
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Memory Corruption Mach-O 1

Quick Heal Internet Security Memory Corruption Vulnerability We found that the Quick Heal Internet Security is vulnerable to Memory Corruption while parsing malformed Mach-O file.
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-787
2022-10-02
Critical
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OOB Write Heap Buffer dwCompressionSize MS-WIM

Quick Heal Internet Security Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability We found that the Quick Heal Internet Security is vulnerable to Out of Bound Write…
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-787
2022-10-02
Critical
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OOB Write Stack Buffer LC_UNIXTHREAD.cmdsize Mach-O

Quick Heal Internet Security Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability We found that the Quick Heal Internet Security is vulnerable to Out of Bound Write…
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-787
2022-10-02
Critical
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Insecure Library Loading

Quick Heal Internet Security Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability We found that the Quick Heal Installer Downloader (QuickHealInternetSecurity.EXE) and Quick Heal Installer (QHISFT32.EXE)…
Desktop Software
Remote Code Execution
2022-10-02
High
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Non-ASLR & DEP Modules

Quick Heal AntiVirus Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability We found that approximately 165 PE files in Quick Heal AntiVirus default installation that does not use ASLR/DEP protection mechanism…
Desktop Software
Other
2022-10-02
High
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Critical

Adobe Acrobat Reader Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-787
CWE-787
October 1, 2022
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CVE-2018-12798
CWE-787
2022-10-01
Critical

Foxit Reader - CPDF_Parser::m_pCryptoHandler - Use After Free - RCE

Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-416
CWE-416
October 1, 2022
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CVE-2018-14442
CWE-416
2022-10-01
Medium

Opera Mini Location Permission Spoof

Browser
Spoofing
October 1, 2022
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CVE-2018-16135
2022-10-01
Medium

Adobe Reader Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
CWE-125
CWE-125
October 1, 2022
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CVE-2018-15968
CWE-125
2022-10-01
High

jscript.dll - ActiveXObject BSTR - Use After Free

Browser
Memory Corruption
CWE-787
CWE-787
September 27, 2022
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CVE-2018-8389
CWE-787
2022-09-27
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January 29, 2020
2 mins
Web & API
Mobile
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10 min
Application Security
Security leaders
Researchers
For Security Leaders
Browser Security
Security Operations Center (SOC)
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Security Operations Center (SOC)
Researchers
Security leaders
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