AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! You Overflowed My Integer! with George Hughey and Rohit Mothe

Rohit Mothe, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, and Windows Security professional George Hughey join Nic Fillingham and Wendy Zenone on this week's episode of The BlueHat Podcast. In this episode, they discuss integer overflow bugs, how they can be nuanced and often confused with other bug categories, why accurately classifying these bugs is crucial for developing effective strategies to fix them at scale, and examples of high-profile vulnerabilities caused by integer overflow.  

In This Episode You Will Learn:    

• The challenges of accurately identifying integer overflow bugs 
• How developers can proactively prevent integer overflow vulnerabilities in their code 
• Why not all integer overflows are malicious and also necessary for certain applications  

Some Questions We Ask:    

• What is an integer overflow? 
• How can developers mitigate the risk of integer overflow vulnerabilities? 
• What are some examples of high-profile exploits based on integer overflow vulnerabilities? 

Resources:   

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