When Apples Get Worms: The Epic Saga of a Buffer Overflow

A humor-laced look at a serious buffer overflow issue in Apple’s ImageIO, CVE-2023-41064, that could have lead to arbitrary code execution. We explore how even tech giants can fall prey to the proverbial worm in the apple.

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The Nimble Nerd
Confessional Booth of Our Digital Sins

Okay, deep breath, let's get this over with. In the grand act of digital self-sabotage, we've littered this site with cookies. Yep, we did that. Why? So your highness can have a 'premium' experience or whatever. These traitorous cookies hide in your browser, eagerly waiting to welcome you back like a guilty dog that's just chewed your favorite shoe. And, if that's not enough, they also tattle on which parts of our sad little corner of the web you obsess over. Feels dirty, doesn't it?