Tag: Cyber Security News

Malicious JPEG Images Could Trigger PHP Memory Safety Vulnerabilities

Two critical memory-safety vulnerabilities in PHP’s image-processing functions could allow attackers to leak sensitive heap memory or to execute denial-of-service attacks via specially crafted JPEG files. The flaws, discovered in PHP’s ext/standard extension by Positive Technologies researcher Nikita Sveshnikov, affect…

VMware Fusion Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privilege to Root

A high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in VMware Fusion, Broadcom’s popular macOS virtualization software, allowing local attackers to gain root-level access on affected systems. Tracked as CVE-2026-41702, the flaw was privately reported to Broadcom and patched on May…