At issue are problems with the way many hardware and software makers handle data from an open standard called XML. Vulnerabilities may reside in a range of Internet components, from Web applications to mobile and cloud computing platforms to documents, images and instant messaging products. Read the full story on Washington Post (Brian Krebs): Security researchers today unveiled details about a little-known but ubiquitous class of vulnerabilities that may live in Web applications, mobile platforms, documents and instant messages. At issue is problems with how software handles data from XML, a standard used by hardware makers.
Source: https://threatpost.com/researchers-unveil-serious-xml-flaws-080509/73004/