Neowin News Feed for: Buffer

MIT's AI 'Pensieve' aims to reduce buffering while streaming a video

Gurkaran Singh — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:04:01 +0000

Video streaming has barely had any countermeasures for buffering but, it seems that MIT CSAIL's 'Pensieve' system might be able to fix that. It applies neural networks to adjust the stream's quality. Read more...

Sharing folders vulnerable to buffer overflow

Steven Parker — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:57:25 +0000

Even though the recent webcam vulnerability in MSN/Windows Live Messenger was only just addressed, another exploitable bug has already surfaced. This time it's a buffer overflow error that affects the Sharing folders feature in Windows... Read more...

Microsoft Researchers Target Worms, Buffer Overruns

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:50:16 +0000

Microsoft researchers showed off some forward-looking technologies this week, including new ways to protect systems against Internet worms, prevent hacker attacks, and measure available bandwidth on home networks. At its fifth annual TechFest, Microsoft Research... Read more...

RealPlayer Zipped Skin File Buffer Overflow

Darren Bolton — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:43:58 +0000

eEye Digital Security has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer that allows a remote attacker to reliably overwrite the stack with arbitrary data and execute arbitrary code in the context of the user under which the... Read more...

Microsoft Word Document Parsing Buffer Overflow

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:12:57 +0000

HexView has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an... Read more...

MS04-028: Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+)

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:41:02 +0000

Thanks to xStainDx for the heads up. Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately. This update resolves a newly-discovered, privately reported vulnerability. A buffer overrun vulnerability exists in... Read more...

Intel follows AMD in buffer flow protection scheme

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:12:10 +0000

WE REPORTED LAST MONTH that AMD has a cunning plan to work with Microsoft on 64-bit security. And, at the time, we also reported that Intel had no plans to implement this stuff itself. The... Read more...

Buffer Overrun in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:02:52 +0000

Overview A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to cause a computer running Microsoft® Frontpage Server Extensions to become temporarily unresponsive. Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions are enabled by default on... Read more...

Buffer Overrun in the Workstation Service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:49:13 +0000

A security vulnerability exists in the Workstation service that could allow remote code execution on an affected system. This vulnerability results because of an unchecked buffer in the Workstation service. If exploited, an attacker could... Read more...

MS03-039 Buffer Overrun In RPCSS Service

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:02:54 +0000

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a protocol used by the Windows operating system. RPC provides an inter-process communication mechanism that allows a program running on one computer to seamlessly access services on another computer. The... Read more...

MSN Messenger 6.0 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:55:26 +0000

dwergs from Mess with MSN Messenger points out another reason why you should upgrade to the latest 0602 build of MSN Messenger 6. A certain Bahaa Naamneh reported a bug in MSN Messenger 6.0.0501 and... Read more...

Buffer Overrun in Windows Could Lead to Data Corruption

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:07:01 +0000

An identified security issue in Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to compromise a Microsoft Windows-based system and then take a variety of actions. For example, an attacker could execute code on the system. By... Read more...

Buffer Overrun In HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:05:06 +0000

Windows XP Security Patch: Buffer Overrun

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 May 2003 06:59:52 +0000

Quick Info File Name: Q811493_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe - Download Size: 3241 KB - Date Published: 5/28/2003 - Version: 811493 A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a... Read more...

Revised: MS03-007: Unchecked Buffer (WebDav Protocol)

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:35:55 +0000

Reason for Revision: Microsoft originally released this security bulletin on March 17, 2003. At that time, Microsoft was aware of a publicly available exploit that was being used to attack Windows 2000 Servers running... Read more...

MS03-013 - Buffer Overrun in Kernel Message Handling

Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:50:36 +0000

There is a flaw in the way the kernel passes error messages to a debugger. A vulnerability results because an attacker could write a program to exploit this flaw and run code of their choice.... Read more...

Seti@home is prey to buffer overflow

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:04:11 +0000

TIME TO GET THE BANDAGES in place for Seti@Home users. It seems that all versions of the client software are at risk from a buffer overflow hack. There are new versions of the software up... Read more...

Windows 2000: Unchecked buffer in Windows component

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:47:37 +0000

Quick Info File Name: MaxClientBufferSize.inf - Download Size: 1 KB - Date Published: 3/17/2003 - Version: 815021 Overview A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to... Read more...

MS02-063: Unchecked Buffer in PPTP Implementation Could Enable Denial of Service Attacks (Q329834)

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:56:32 +0000

Software: Windows 2000, Windows XP Impact: Denial of Service Max Risk: Critical Windows 2000 and Windows XP natively support Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), a Virtual Private Networking technology that is... Read more...

MS02-053: Buffer Overrun in SmartHTML Interpreter Could Allow Code Execution (Q324096)

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:23:04 +0000

The SmartHTML Interpreter (shtml.dll) is part of the FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE), and provides support for web forms and other FrontPage-based dynamic content. The interpreter contains a flaw that could be exposed when processing a... Read more...

MS02-041: Unchecked Buffer in Content Management Server Could Enable Server Compromise

Thu, 08 Aug 2002 04:34:13 +0000

Thanks Andrew Hodes for the email. Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2001 is a .Net Enterprise Server product that simplifies developing and managing e-business web sites. Microsoft has learned of three security vulnerabilities affecting it:... Read more...

MS02-40: Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function

Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:35:39 +0000

Thanks xStainDx and WishX for this. The Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) provide a number of supporting technologies for accessing and using databases. Included among these functions is the underlying support for the T-SQL OpenRowSet... Read more...

MS02-039: Buffer Overruns in SQL Server 2000

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:33:09 +0000

SQL Server 2000 introduces the ability to host multiple instances of SQL Server on a single physical machine. Each instance operates for all intents and purposes as though it was a separate server. However, the... Read more...

MS02-037: Response to SMTP Client EHLO Command Results in Buffer Overrun

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:02:00 +0000

The Internet Mail Connector (IMC) enables Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other mail servers via SMTP. When the IMC receives an SMTP extended Hello (EHLO) protocol command from a connecting SMTP server, it responds... Read more...

MS02-033: Unchecked Buffer in Profile Service Issue

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 06:49:00 +0000

Title: Unchecked Buffer in Profile Service Could Allow Code Execution in Commerce Server (Q322273) Date: June 26, 2002 Software: Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, Commerce Server 2002 Impact: Four vulnerabilities, each of which could run... Read more...

MS02-026: Unchecked Buffer in ASP.NET Worker Process

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 00:14:17 +0000

Title: Unchecked Buffer in ASP.NET Worker Process (Q322289) Date: 06 June 2002 Software: .NET Framework Impact: Denial of service, potentially run code of attacker's choice Max Risk: Moderate Bulletin: MS02-026 Microsoft encourages customers to... Read more...

MS02-022: Unchecked Buffer in MSN Chat Control Can Lead to Code Execution

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 09 May 2002 10:44:48 +0000

Thanks Andrew, Jimmy Daniels & lawtai. Who is Affected: All customers using the Microsoft® MSN Chat control, which is available for direct download and ships with MSN Messenger and Exchange Instant Messenger.... Read more...

MS02-019: Unchecked Buffer in IE and Office for Mac...

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:18:42 +0000

This is a cumulative patch that, when applied, eliminates all previously released security vulnerabilities affecting IE 5.1 for Macintosh, and Office v. X for Macintosh. In addition, it eliminates two newly discovered vulnerabilities. The first... Read more...

Security Patch: Multiple UNC Provider Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:55:44 +0000

Microsoft has released a patch that resolves the "Unchecked buffer in the Multiple UNC Provider" security vulnerability in Windows XP. The vulnerability results because of a flaw in the Multiple UNC (uniform... Read more...

MS02:014 - Unchecked buffer in Windows Shell

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 06:28:28 +0000

The Windows Shell is responsible for providing the basic framework of the Windows user interface experience. It is most familiar to users as the Windows Desktop, but also provides a variety of other functions to... Read more...

Unchecked Buffer in Telnet Server Could Lead to Arbitrary

Fri, 08 Feb 2002 08:53:48 +0000

The Telnet protocol provides remote shell capabilities. Microsoft has implemented the Telnet protocol by providing a Telnet Server in several products. The implementations in two of these products - - - Windows 2000 and Interix... Read more...