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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by tptacek on Friday June 27, 2025 @12:58AM (#44393810)
It would be better for everyone if everything on a forwardgoing basis was written in a memory-safe language.
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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by spacechild1 on Friday June 27, 2025 @01:37AM (#44393963)
What difference does it make for a video editor or DAW?
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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:41AM (#44394257)
iphones have already CVEs from memory safety issued in image formats. is entirely plausible that a similar issue could exist in video or audio codecs
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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by wolf550e on Friday June 27, 2025 @03:27PM (#44399538)
The parser is attack surface, but that's the only part of something like Photoshop that has to be secure. The actual editing features can be insecure.
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