Writing a JPEG Decoder in Rust – Part 2: Implementation I

Re:Writing a JPEG Decoder in Rust – Part 2: Implementation I by technion on Friday August 19, 2016 @09:57PM (#12324716)

Given the history of vulnerabilities in tools like ImageMagick, that panic might still be a better position than an exploitable memory bug.

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Re:Writing a JPEG Decoder in Rust – Part 2: Implementation I by conradev on Friday August 19, 2016 @11:50PM (#12325098)

If you run it in a spawned thread, the thread will actually just unwind and disappear if it panics (by default).

But to detect panics, you can use `afl.rs` to fuzz a parser: https://github.com/frewsxcv/afl.rs#user-content-trophy-case

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Re:Writing a JPEG Decoder in Rust – Part 2: Implementation I by EugeneOZ on Sunday August 21, 2016 @05:56AM (#12330215)

Given the fact you can avoid panic and exit safely, all panicking is just laziness ;)

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