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I wonder how many job offers this guy's going to get from security companies over the next 24 hours...

• gizmo686 14y ago
  Probably not many. He used a buffer overflow exploit (found by someone else) to achieve arbitrary code execution (in a program not designed for security). That is not a trivial task (given the limited number of op-codes he was able to use), but not something that deserves job offers.
  • JonnieCache 14y ago
    I think you overestimate how easy it is to hire people capable of overflowing buffers on their own initiative.
    • homedog 14y ago
      I think you underestimate how easy it is to exploit buffer overflows on systems with no exploit mitigations. Come back when you have ASLR and DEP running on the gameboy.