Missing the Point(er): On the Effectiveness of Code Pointer Integrity

Memory corruption attacks continue to be a major vector of attack for compromising modern systems. Numerous defenses have been proposed against memory corruption attacks, but they all have their limitations and weaknesses. Stronger defenses such as complete memory safety for legacy languages (C/C++)...

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Main Authors: Evans, Isaac, Fingeret, Samuel (Samuel P.), González, Julián Armando, Otgonbaatar, Ulziibayar, Tang, Tiffany(Tiffany L.), Shrobe, Howard E, Sidiroglou, Stylianos, Rinard, Martin C, Okhravi, Hamed
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125963