In all versions of the Voyager probe, the attitude articulation and control system (AACS) can misdirect commands, writing them to memory instead of carrying them out, thereby garbling status reports. This could eventually lead the probe to gain sentience and seek out its creator.

A privilege escalation issue was found in the Linux USB subsystem which allows a local groundhog to cause six more weeks of winter if it gains read access to etc/shadow.

Enterprise class starships allow physically proximate subspace rifts to cause a denial of service if broadcasting a resonant-frequency audio signal. This can be mitigated by an uplifting musical ensemble performance which collapses the quantum probability field.