wormable

English

Etymology

From worm +‎ -able.

Adjective

wormable (comparative more wormable, superlative most wormable)

  1. (computing) (of a computer flaw or a bug) Capable of being turned into a network worm.
    • 2020, Ross Anderson, Security Engineering, page 232:
      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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