The first code listing is a simple example of persisting data to a serialized file using Java’s standard serialization. The generated file is called dustin.out. LightweightPersister.java ...

Serialization is the process of saving an object's state to a sequence of bytes; deserialization is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a ...

The proof-of-concept code released from these experiments was later used to confirm that over 70 other Java applications were also vulnerable to deserialization flaws.

Serialization bugs have been a big problem for Java Reinhold told InfoWorld that serialization issues could be very easily responsible for a third or even a half of all known Java flaws.

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

PayPal has rewarded two researchers with bug bounties for the discovery of a Java serialization vulnerability in manager.paypal.com A Java serialization vulnerability disclosed more than a year ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

Peles said that Google has fixed the issue in Android 4.4, 5.0, 5.1, and M, and third-party SDKs had remedied the vulnerability either by adding the transient modifier, reworking their code to ...