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Re: Dangling pointers exploitation


From: Matt <matt () use net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:06:32 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Thomas Ptacek wrote:

Unitialized automatic variables and use-after-free variables seem
of-a-kind: you have a pointer who's value seems unpredictable but is
in fact strongly influenced by the execution environment which is in
turn often influenced by inputs and timing.

Right. It's almost as if going through the Purify and Insure++
documentation from 10+ years ago is a veritable gold-mine for new types
of exploitable bugs.


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