CVE-2024-1553 and CVE-2024-1557 are memory-safety bugs rated as having a excessive severity. “Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code,” Mozilla researchers mentioned.

Zoom

Video conferencing big Zoom has issued fixes for seven flaws in its software program, one among which has a CVSS rating of 9.6. CVE-2024-24691 is an improper-input-validation bug in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows. If exploited, the difficulty could permit an unauthenticated attacker to escalate their privileges through community entry, Zoom mentioned in a security bulletin.

Another notable flaw is CVE-2024-24697, an untrusted-search-path challenge in some Zoom 32 bit Windows shoppers that might permit an authenticated person with native entry to escalate their privileges.

Ivanti

In January, Ivanti warned that attackers had been concentrating on two unpatched vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure merchandise, tracked as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887. With a CVSS rating of 8.2 the primary authentication-bypass vulnerability within the net element of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure permits a distant attacker to entry restricted sources by bypassing management checks.

With a CVSS rating of 9.1, the second command injection vulnerability in net elements of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure permits an authenticated administrator to ship specifically crafted requests and execute arbitrary instructions on the equipment. This vulnerability could be exploited over the web.

At the tip of the month, the agency alerted firms to a different two severe flaws, one among which was being exploited in assaults. The exploited challenge is a server-side request forgery bug within the SAML element tracked as CVE-2024-21893. Meanwhile, CVE-2024-21888 is a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Patches had been accessible by February 1, however the points had been deemed so severe that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) advised disconnecting all Ivanti merchandise by February 2.

On February 8, Ivanti launched a patch for one more challenge tracked as CVE-2024-22024, which prompted one other CISA warning.

Fortinet

Fortinet has issued a patch for a important challenge with a CVSS rating of 9.6, which it says is already being utilized in assaults. Tracked as CVE-2024-21762, the code-execution flaw impacts FortiOS variations 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 7.0, 7.2 and seven.4. The out-of-bounds write vulnerability can be utilized for arbitrary code execution utilizing specifically crafted HTTP requests, Fortinet mentioned.

It got here simply days after the agency released a patch for 2 points in its FortiSIEM merchandise, CVE-2024-23108 and CVE-2024-23109, rated as important with a CVSS rating of 9.7. The flaw in FortiSIEM Supervisor might permit a distant unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized instructions through crafted API requests, Fortinet mentioned in an advisory.

Cisco

Cisco has listed a number of vulnerabilities in its Expressway Series that might permit an unauthenticated, distant attacker to conduct cross-site request forgery assaults.

Tracked as CVE-2024-20252 and CVE-2024-20254, two vulnerabilities within the API of Cisco Expressway Series gadgets have been given a CVSS rating of 9.6. “An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by persuading a user of the API to follow a crafted link,” Cisco mentioned. “A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user.”

SAP

Enterprise software program agency SAP has launched 13 safety updates as a part of its SAP Security Patch Day. CVE-2024-22131 is a code-injection vulnerability in SAP ABA with a CVSS rating of 9.1.

CVE-2024-22126 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in NetWeaver AS Java listed as having a excessive impression, with a CVSS rating of 8.8. “Incoming URL parameters are insufficiently validated and improperly encoded before including them into redirect URLs,” safety agency Onapsis said. “This can result in a cross-site scripting vulnerability, leading to a high impact on confidentiality and mild impact on integrity and availability.”