redd@discuss.tchncs.de to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoHow I made a heap overflow in curl | daniel.haxx.sedaniel.haxx.seexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·11 months agoIn hindsight, shipping a heap overflow in code installed in over twenty billion instances is not an experience I would recommend. ouch
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI can’t even imagine that feeling. My internal lib was used in 1000 different places in my company and I had a panic attack when I found a minor error. But this is a new level of fear.
In hindsight, shipping a heap overflow in code installed in over twenty billion instances is not an experience I would recommend.ouch
I can’t even imagine that feeling.
My internal lib was used in 1000 different places in my company and I had a panic attack when I found a minor error. But this is a new level of fear.