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🦅 Silent Patch Watch
Vendors often ship real security fixes as "minor bug fixes" — no CVE, no advisory.
Every Thursday we diff a release and show the one that actually mattered, so you can update before attackers notice.
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FreeType 2.14.3 introduced a font rendering bug (CVE-2026-10701). Mozilla reproduced a Firefox crash on Linux by loading a specially made font with medium or full hinting enabled. The bug starts with a check that reserves too little memory.
Firefox 151.0.3 includes Mozilla's fix. On Linux, Firefox uses the system FreeType library, so updating Firefox doesn't update that library. PatchHawk compared the releases. We matched the change to this CVE and ran the Docker test ourselves. mozilla.org/en-US/security/a…
PatchHawk looks for security fixes in software updates. For selected cases, we share the code change and steps to reproduce the bug: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
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libjxl 0.11.2 checks packed-image size before allocation. In our native 32-bit djxl test, a 345-byte JXL file crashed 0.11.1; Valgrind recorded invalid 4-byte writes. 0.11.2 rejects the same file.
The PoC is now public: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
It includes the 345-byte JXL input, Docker reproduction scripts, 0.11.1/0.11.2 djxl logs, and the Valgrind trace. The README states the tested 32-bit scope and limitations.
PatchHawk finds security-relevant fixes in release diffs. Selected PoCs include write-ups, repro steps, and pre/post comparisons: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
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FFmpeg 9.0.2 added two overflow checks. With -max_alloc at 8 GiB, the Ogg check stops our >4 GB input. The firequalizer check rejects the original trigger, but a smaller delay still causes a 4-byte heap write under ASan.
Both reproductions use FFmpeg's CLI entry points and are packaged in Docker. They show sanitizer-detected writes; we did not demonstrate code execution or an unsanitized crash.
Ogg PoC: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
Filter PoC: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
PatchHawk finds security-relevant fixes in release diffs. Selected PoCs include write-ups, repro steps, and pre/post comparisons: github.com/78ResearchLab/Pat…
Follow @patchhawk_ for more fixes explained with real code and verifiable PoCs. #PatchHawk #78ResearchLab