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SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

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> JS doesn't have such things

Even if your JIT compiler does not generate such code for certain use-cases, WebAssembly does have pointer support. It also has exception handling (e.g. longjmp) and shared memory, — both highly helpful in exploiting these vulnerabilities.

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