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7 out of 10 Microsoft Windows patches address memory issues from C/C++ code

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https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/48123-more-than-70-percent-of-microsoft-patches-are-for-memory-problems

     "More than 70 percent of Microsoft patches are for memory safety bugs.

     "Speaking to the assembled throngs at an Israel Security conference,
      a Microsoft engineer Matt Miller said that memory safety bugs happen
      when software, accidentally or intentionally, accesses system memory
      in a way that exceeds its allocated size and memory addresses.

     "He said that over the the last 12 years, around 70 percent of all
      Microsoft patches were fixes for memory safety bugs.

     "The reason for this high percentage is because Windows has been writ-
      ten mostly in C and C++, two 'memory-unsafe' programming languages...

     "One slip-up in the developers' memory management code can lead to a
      slew of memory safety errors that attackers can exploit with dangerous
      and intrusive consequences --such as remote code execution or elevation
      of privilege flaws..."

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Rick C. Hodgin

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7 out of 10 Microsoft Windows patches address memory issues from C/C++ code "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-02-18 10:15 -0500
  Re: 7 out of 10 Microsoft Windows patches address memory issues from C/C++ code "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2019-02-19 00:28 +0800
  Re: 7 out of 10 Microsoft Windows patches address memory issues from C/C++ code Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-02-18 18:34 +0000
    Re: 7 out of 10 Microsoft Windows patches address memory issues from C/C++ code "I Set My Girlfriend's Pantyhose on Fire" <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2019-02-21 13:35 -0800

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