Is python buffer overflow proof?
Marcus Wanner
marcusw at cox.net
Sun Aug 2 17:51:11 EDT 2009
On 8/2/2009 10:43 AM, Christian Heimes wrote:
> Marcus Wanner wrote:
>> I believe that python is buffer overflow proof. In fact, I think that
>> even ctypes is overflow proof...
>
> No, ctypes isn't buffer overflow proof. ctypes can break and crash a
> Python interpreter easily.
>
> Christian
>
I see. I thought that it said "invalid array index" when you try to
read/write outside of an array's bounds, though...
Marcus
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