Mystery Exploit

[Linen0ise]

"In a specially-crafted attack, in attempting to access a freed object, Internet Explorer can be caused to allow remote code execution."

I can picture this in a programming standpoint. Every object referenced kept a copy of a pointer and assumed legit is legit. Cloned object using the same memory space accepted the arguments but the code inside did it's own thing. logic bomb? Sorta like the old .dll Microsoft attacks.

I did come across a vulnerability that probably was not addressed. It attacked the logic code within compilers. Sure the source code looked error free and nice but when the attacker sent the compiler optimization codes....enabled the logic bomb. That was for linux last time I checked. I believe cause a race condition or kernel panic. Microsoft copies from everyone else? Heck...Microsoft lost the browser war some time ago didn't they? Copied and went mainstream with the others. Are the Others compromised? I never could understand the kernel upgrades for linux but I do worship them. Those are the real programmers, IMO.