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Code Injection in pytorch-lightning prior to 1.6.0

Code Execution in the context of the program can be achieved in pytorch-lightning prior to v1.6.0 It is possible to execute OS commands or snippets of python code in the context of the program by…
Developer Tools & Libraries
Remote Code Execution
CWE-94
2022-10-05
High
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Lack of Bluetooth LE pairing and access control in Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Lack of Bluetooth LE pairing and access control Time, date, and month on the smartwatch It was identified on analyzing the Bluetooth LE Characteristics of the device that, on handle 0x0017 the value…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-05
Medium
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Unauthenticated Firmware Update in Fastrack Reflex 2.0 Activity Tracker

Unauthenticated Firmware Update It was identified on analyzing the Bluetooth LE Characteristics of the device that it is using Nordic DFU 0.1 and has no signature verification for OTA Firmware…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
2022-10-04
High
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Denial of service (Device Crashing) on Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Fuzzing characteristic value leads to Device crash It was identified Fuzzing char value last 3 bytes of the watch was getting crashed after 5 minutes it restarts, Bluetooth doesn’t work and doesn’t…
IoT & Hardware
Denial of Service
2022-10-04
High
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Open Serial debug port Allows Dumping, and re-flashing Firmware in Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Open Serial debug port Allows Dumping, and re- flashing Firmware It was identified in analyzing the PCB, that the SWD (Serial Wire Debug) the port was open and it gives access to the dumping and…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
2022-10-04
High
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DoS in aedes MQTT broker

DoS on aedes broker because of incorrect error handling A specifically crafted payload which has published header and message length as 0 is sent to the server which crashes the server because of the…
IoT & Hardware
Denial of Service
CWE-755
2022-10-03
High
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Safari Login AutoFill

Safari Login AutoFill A malicious attacker may cause Safari to suggest a password for the wrong domain
Browser
Spoofing
CWE-346
2022-10-03
High
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Safari reader download permission bypass

Safari reader download permission bypass A malicious attacker may be able to change the origin of a frame for a download in Safari Reader mode
Browser
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-03
Low
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Safari reader same origin policy (SOP) bypass

Safari reader same origin policy (SOP) bypass An issue in Safari Reader mode may allow a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy
Browser
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-03
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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Web & API
Mobile
Safari Address Bar Spoof (CVE-2020-3833)
January 29, 2020
2 mins
Web & API
Mobile
Engineers
Researchers
Research & disclosures
Application Security
How a Double-Encoded Null Byte Turns a ZIP File into an XSS Vector – CVE-2026-2790
April 24, 2026
10 min
Application Security
Security leaders
Researchers
For Security Leaders
Browser Security
Security Operations Center (SOC)
The Chrome Extension That Stole the CEO’s Cookies: A Confession on AI, Trust, and Supply Chain Security
May 8, 2026
10 min
Browser Security
Security Operations Center (SOC)
Researchers
Security leaders
For Security Leaders
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