wormable
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From
worm
+
-able
.
Adjective
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wormable
(
comparative
more
wormable
,
superlative
most
wormable
)
(
computing
)
(of a
computer
flaw
or a
bug
) Capable of being turned into a
network
worm
.
2020
, Ross Anderson,
Security Engineering
, page
232
:
Operating system vendors react quickly to
wormable
exploits, typically releasing out-of-sequence patches, because of the scale of the damage they can do.
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