Cisco Talos Blog

September 6, 2024 06:00

Vulnerability in Tencent WeChat custom browser could lead to remote code execution

While this issue was disclosed and patched in the V8 engine in June 2023, the WeChat Webview component was not updated, and still remained vulnerable when Talos reported it to the vendor.

May 16, 2024 08:00

Talos releases new macOS open-source fuzzer

Compared to fuzzing for software vulnerabilities on Linux, where most of the code is open-source, targeting anything on macOS presents a few difficulties.

July 13, 2023 12:00

Uncovering weaknesses in Apple macOS and VMWare vCenter: 12 vulnerabilities in RPC implementation

Uncovered issues fall into use-after-free, buffer-overflow, information leak and denial of service vulnerability classes. Some of these could be combined to achieve remote code execution or privilege escalation.

November 10, 2022 15:27

Vulnerability Spotlight: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader could lead to arbitrary code execution

Cisco Talos recently discovered several use-after-free vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The Foxit Reader is one of the most popular PDF document readers, which aims to have feature parity with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader. As a complete and