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Re:Exploiting the Math.expm1 typing bug in V8 by laurentl on Thursday January 03, 2019 @03:14AM (#18813621)
> it might be an almost archetypical example of the "all bugs are security vulnerabilities" hypothesis

This article will be my new go-to example when someone handwaves a bug away with a complacent “it’ll never happen” and “it’s not that big of a deal”. Yes it will, and yes it is.

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Re:Exploiting the Math.expm1 typing bug in V8 by wglb on Thursday January 03, 2019 @10:21AM (#18815700)
Right, and it is right up there with https://www.blackhat.com/us-18/briefings/schedule/index.html, whose security value was unappreciated by some very smart folks.
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Re:Exploiting the Math.expm1 typing bug in V8 by EE84M3i on Thursday January 03, 2019 @12:02PM (#18816671)
Were you trying to link to a specific briefing? Your link just goes to the full schedule for me.
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Re:Exploiting the Math.expm1 typing bug in V8 by wglb on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:15PM (#18829238)
Yes, sorry about that

https://www.blackhat.com/us-18/briefings/schedule/index.html...

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