If you encounter the error message “The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application” when trying to run an application on your Windows ...

Buffer Overflow Attacks occur as a result of excess data being input into a system memory buffer. Moreover, when the memory buffer’s capacity has been reached, the music will stop playing. To avoid ...

A Google security engineer studying an SSH connection to a host unexpectedly discovered a deeper, darker secret in the GNU C Library (glibc). Google later proved that a bug in this library could be ...

Google began pushing out updates to its desktop browser Friday with a patch that repairs a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. UPDATE Google is urging users to update their Chrome desktop ...

Sudo, a utility found in dozens of Unix-like operating systems, has received a patch for a potentially serious bug that allows unprivileged users to easily obtain unfettered root privileges on ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A security feature used in the open-source world is now ...