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Re: Dangling pointers exploitation


From: "Thomas Ptacek" <tqbf () matasano com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:03:12 -0500

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

On 7/25/07, pageexec () freemail hu <pageexec () freemail hu> wrote:
On 25 Jul 2007 at 12:02, Thomas Ptacek wrote:

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.

such as... a saved return address on the stack? isn't that kinda old
news these days? ;-)




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