Wormable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a computer flaw or a bug) Capable of being turned into a network worm.

    "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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"Operating system vendors react quickly to wormable exploits, typically releasing out-of-sequence patches, because of the scale of the damage they can do."

Etymology

From worm + -able.

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