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Re: Java and buffer overflows


From: Edsel Adap <edsel () adap org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:15:51 -0400

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:26:35PM -0300, Rafael Anschau wrote:
I heard thatt java is  invulnerable to bofs 
Has anyone succefully exploited a bof in java ?

While a java program itself may not be vulnerable to buffer
overflows, the jvm itself may be.

Woody

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