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Re: Percent sign in message


From: Stuart D. Herring
Subject: Re: Percent sign in message
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:39:31 -0700 (PDT)
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> I'd want to mention that format string vulnerabilities are a common
> attack vector for viruses.  They will not likely be exploitable in
> Elisp, but it shows that they are not rare among programmers (indeed,
> one such case prompted the release of Emacs 21.4), and could cause
> weird effects.

This is off-topic, but what was the case that prompted 21.4?  I've never
seen it described.

Thanks,
Davis

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