wormable
adjEtymology From worm + -able.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences (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.2020, Ross Anderson, Security Engineering, page 232: