this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The CVE-2024-9680 vulnerability is described as a “use-after-free” flaw, which occurs when a program tries to access memory that has already been released or freed. Memory corruption bugs like this are often used to attack browsers, potentially giving attackers control over the service or further access to the system.

R.. ru. Rst... rust

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No he needs a good run through the sandblaster.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are welcome to rewrite Firefox and its Gecko engine.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Mozilla invented Rust to rewrite the rendering engine. Read the history of Servo and bring a tissue to cry into.