Buffer Over Read
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CVE-2026-2369: libsoup Integer Underflow Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Buffer Overread Attacks
A critical vulnerability in the libsoup HTTP client library, tracked as CVE-2026-2369, exposes systems to buffer overread attacks through an integer underflow flaw. This vulnerability affects...
CVE-2026-24821: WickedEngine Lua Parser Heap Over-read Vulnerability Analysis & Mitigation
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the popular open-source game engine WickedEngine, assigned CVE-2026-24821, affecting its Lua parsing component. This heap-based buffer...
Excel CVE-2025-54901: Patch Now for Critical Memory Disclosure, Mac Users Wait
Microsoft has released emergency security updates to patch a significant information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-54901, that can expose sensitive process memory...
Microsoft Emergency Patch for RRAS Memory Leak (CVE-2025-53796) — Update Windows VPN Gateways Now
Microsoft has released a critical security update for Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) to plug an information disclosure hole that allows attackers to siphon memory contents over the...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2025-53798: RRAS Memory Leak Exposes VPN Gateways to Data Theft
Microsoft has released a vendor update to patch CVE-2025-53798, an information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that allows an attacker to read...
Critical Honeywell ICS Flaws: Patch OneWireless WDM Now to Block Remote Code Execution Attacks
Honeywell’s OneWireless Wireless Device Manager (WDM)—the nerve center of countless industrial wireless sensor networks—sits at the heart of a high‑severity coordinated disclosure that sent...
Microsoft Office Buffer Over-Read Bugs Strike Word and Excel: What Enterprises Must Patch Now
Microsoft has rolled out crucial patches for two high-severity buffer over-read vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Excel, both enabling local attackers to extract sensitive memory contents. The...
Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-49659: A Deep Dive into the Privilege Escalation Threat
Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-49659: A Deep Dive into the Privilege Escalation Threat A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-49659, has been discovered in the Windows...
CVE-2025-47973: Critical Hyper-V VHDX Buffer Over-Read Threatens Enterprise Virtualization Security
A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform has security teams scrambling to patch systems and reassess their virtual infrastructure security posture....
Critical VHDX Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation in Windows
Critical VHDX Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation in Windows A recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft's Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) system, tracked as CVE-2025-47971, has raised...
Critical Windows Vulnerability: Understanding and Mitigating CVE-2025-24068
Critical Windows Vulnerability: Understanding and Mitigating CVE-2025-24068 A significant security flaw, identified as CVE-2025-24068, has been discovered in the Windows Storage Management Provider,...
CVE-2025-32704: Critical Excel Vulnerability Threatens Enterprise Security
In the shadowy corridors of cyber warfare, a single malicious Excel spreadsheet now carries the destructive potential of a digital grenade, courtesy of CVE-2025-32704—a vulnerability so severe it...