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Re: Dangling pointers exploitation


From: pageexec () freemail hu
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:29:43 +0200

On 25 Jul 2007 at 14:03, Thomas Ptacek wrote:

I'm not sure "saved return address on the stack" is the real vector
for uninitialized variables.

it is not, nor were you talking about unitialized variables per se,
but this entirely 'new' class of bugs of wild pointers, which according
to you means:

you have a pointer who's value seems unpredictable but is
in fact strongly influenced by the execution environment which is in
turn often influenced by inputs and timing.

you tell me why an overwritten return address doesn't qualify ;).

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