Researchers Find Bugs in Over A Dozen Widely Used URL Parser Libraries

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A study of 16 different Uniform Resource Locator (URL) parsing libraries has unearthed inconsistencies and confusions that could be exploited to bypass validations and open the door to a wide range of attack vectors.
In a deep-dive analysis jointly conducted by cybersecurity firms Claroty  and Synk, eight security vulnerabilities were identified in as many third-party libraries written in C,