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		landr0id 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit Ask yourself why Mythos was so easily able to develop a remote STACK buffer overflow vulnerability.

nozzlegear 26 days ago [–]

Define "so easily"?

landr0id 26 days ago | [–]

They exploited a linear stack buffer overflow. Not a write-what-where or arb write. A linear stack buffer overflow in 2026! There are at least two distinct failures there:

1. No strong stack protectors.

2. No kASLR.

That's 20-year-old exploit methodology.

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