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▲ fnord77 3 hours ago

Here's the weakness of compiled programs. Does this compiled code have this vulnerability? You have no idea. At least with a VM or interpreter you can scan for vulnerable versions and replace the runtime or the specific library.

With this you have to recompile everything

▲cowlevel 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's possible to scan compiled programs at the assembly or machine code level. Not enough people do, which is fair enough because it's a slog, but it makes all compiler UB transparent to the analysis.

▲baq 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is less and less true by the day, for better or worse.