Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Microsoft and others push out emergency patches for a critical flaw in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, that could allow remote code execution — A critical flaw dubbed ‘HTTP2Shell’ in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, could allow attackers to corrupt memory and access sensitive data.
Microsoft and others push out emergency patches for a critical flaw in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, that could allow remote code execution (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
In short
Microsoft and other vendors have released emergency patches to address a critical flaw in Brotli, a C library used in Node.js, which could enable attackers to manipulate memory and potentially gain remote code execution. The flaw arises from a buffer overflow vulnerability in the library and poses a significant risk to users.
Key points
- The critical flaw in Brotli, a C library used in Node.js, could enable attackers to manip…: The critical flaw in Brotli, a C library used in Node.js, could enable attackers to manipulate memory and potentially gain remote code execution.
- Microsoft and other vendors have released emergency patches to mitigate this risk.: Microsoft and other vendors have released emergency patches to mitigate this risk.
- The flaw arises from a buffer overflow vulnerability in the library and poses a significa…: The flaw arises from a buffer overflow vulnerability in the library and poses a significant risk to users.