Researchers warned Monday of two remote code execution vulnerabilities in FreeXL that could let an attacker execute code with local user privileges.

The libarchive programming library was recently patched against three critical memory-related vulnerabilities that could be abused to execute code on computers running the vulnerable software. As is the case with most open source software packages, patching the core library is only half the battle; admins must now ensure that third-party software running the library is...

Several vulnerabilities were fixed this week in the file archiver 7-Zip that could have led to arbitrary code execution and file corruption. The developer behind the tool-which is open source and can be used with any compression, conversion, or encryption method-is urging users to update to the most recent patched version, 16.00, as soon as possible to...