Re:CVE-2015-8126: Multiple buffer overflows in libpng
by bennofs on Saturday November 14, 2015 @02:19PM
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I guess the problem is that you don't know:
> allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
As far as I understand, trying to predict what is possible by exploiting a buffer overflow is hard because it depends on many specifics, such as compiler options used, OS protections, ...
> allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
As far as I understand, trying to predict what is possible by exploiting a buffer overflow is hard because it depends on many specifics, such as compiler options used, OS protections, ...