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Someone • today at 3:35 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> What return path could possibly lead to a RCE?

API protocol says “return value is either “OK” or “ERR””, attacker sends “Floccinaucinihilipilification”, overflowing the 3-byte response buffer allocated on the stack.


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embedding-shape • today at 5:00 PM

Right, so you have the first step of something, but then depending on everything else, this is either a DOS or a RCE.

I'm claiming if "everything else" does indeed lead to a RCE, you're again doing something very wrong here. It's not rocket science exactly.