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hole

A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.

Etymology:

  • From Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with Dutch hol, Walloon hol, Swedish hål, Norwegian Bokmål hull,Norwegian Nynorsk and Faroese hol. Compare also German Höhle.
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Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'hole':

holeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
holeIn games.
holeAn excavation pit or trench.
holeA weakness, a flaw
holeA container or receptacle.
holeIn semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
holeAn orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
holeSex, or a sex partner.
holeSolitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
holeAn undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
holeDifficulty, in particular, debt.
holeA chordless cycle in a graph.
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