| CVE identifier(s) | |
|---|---|
| Date discovered | September 9, 2021 |
| Discoverer | Nicholas Boucher, Ross Anderson |
| Affected software | Unicode, source code |
| Website | trojansource |
Trojan Source is a software vulnerability that abuses Unicode's bidirectional characters to display source code differently than the actual execution of the source code.[1] The exploit utilizes how writing scripts of different reading directions are displayed and encoded on computers. It was discovered by Nicholas Boucher and Ross Anderson at Cambridge University in late 2021.[2]
- ^ "'Trojan Source' Bug Threatens the Security of All Code – Krebs on Security". November 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "VU#999008 - Compilers permit Unicode control and homoglyph characters". www.kb.cert.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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