There are interpreters for programs that are delivered over the network to be run locally by the unsuspecting user, in some surprising places. For example: He

There are interpreters for programs that are delivered over the network to be run locally by the unsuspecting user, in some surprising places. For example: Here's a sound player that contains an entire 6502-based virtual machine, because the "sound file format" that it "plays" is actually an executable program. Unfortunately, the virtual machine hardware is not properly simulated, allowing the 6502 code to memory-map parts of the virtual machine manager itself using the virtual memory controller hardware and alter them. * http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/0day-exploit-compromising-linux-desktop.html http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/0day-exploi... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12951503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12951503)