Two security researchers have been crowned the top hackers in this years Pwn2Own hacking contest after developing and testing several high profile exploits, including an attack against an Amazon Echo.
The researchers found that the device uses an older version of Chromium, Googles open-source browser projects, which had been forked some time during its development.
An integer overflow bug happens when a mathematical operation tries to create a number but has no space for it in its memory, causing the number to overflow outside of its allotted memory.
When reached, Amazon said it was investigating this research and will be taking appropriate steps to protect our devices based on our investigation, but did not say what measures it would take to fix the vulnerabilities or when.
Earlier this year the contest said hackers would have an opportunity to hack into a Facebook Portal, the social media giants video calling-enabled smart display.
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