Reply to post: "Buffer overflow" has a specific meaning

Buffer overflow flaw in British Airways in-flight entertainment systems will affect other airlines, but why try it in the air?

artbristol
FAIL

"Buffer overflow" has a specific meaning

Causing a crash by typing in too much text does not mean you found a buffer overflow. Could just as easily be a validation mismatch between front and backend. You don't even know if the program is written in a memory-unsafe language like C.

And if I may play the man not the ball, this security researcher doesn't even have HTTPS on his blog.

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