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A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in MongoDB that could allow unauthenticated users to read uninitialized heap memory. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score: 8.7), has been described as a case of improper handling of length parameter inconsistency , which arises when a program fails to appropriately tackle scenarios where a length field is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data. "Mismatched length fields in zlib compressed protocol headers may allow a read of uninitialized heap memory by an unauthenticated client," according to a description of the flaw in CVE.org. The flaw impacts the following versions of the database - MongoDB 8.2.0 through 8.2.3 MongoDB 8.0.0 through 8.0.16 MongoDB 7.0.0 through 7.0.26 MongoDB 6.0.0 through 6.0.26 MongoDB 5.0.0 through 5.0.31 MongoDB 4.4.0 through 4.4.29 All MongoDB Server v4.2 versions All MongoDB Server v4.0 versions All MongoDB Server v3.6 versions The issue has b...

WhatsApp has addressed a security vulnerability in its messaging apps for Apple iOS and macOS that it said may have been exploited in the wild in conjunction with a recently disclosed Apple flaw in targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55177 (CVSS score: 5.4), relates to a case of insufficient authorization of linked device synchronization messages. Internal researchers on the WhatsApp Security Team have been credited with discovering and rerating the bug. The Meta-owned company said the issue "could have allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target's device." The flaw affects the following versions - WhatsApp for iOS prior to version 2.25.21.73 (Patched on July 28, 2025) WhatsApp Business for iOS version 2.25.21.78 (Patched on August 4, 2025), and WhatsApp for Mac version 2.25.21.78  (Patched on August 4, 2025) It also assessed that the shortcoming may have been chained with CVE-2025-43300, a ...