> On another note, integer overflow has been the cause of the same kind of issues that unsafe use of memory is associated with: > http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/i

> On another note, integer overflow has been the cause of the same kind of issues that unsafe use of memory is associated with: > http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945216 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945216 That bug, like nearly all other security bugs relating to integer overflow, relies on the lack of bounds checking in C. In a language with bounds checks, that bug would not have been dangerous.