Test Case: Buffer-Overflow Destroys RAM!

[CoreyWhite]

I just ran a test case on a brand new computer that I bought from a
local retailer.

I found a local buffer overflow vulnerability in microsoft word, and
filled the buffer with nonsense. If you do not know what a buffer
overflow vulnerability is, it is the same as the Y2K problem, where
your system clock doesn't have enough ram to keep correct time.

After doing this my computer has corrupted its ram to the point where
after I preformed a full software recovery, there are still glitches
when I run any of my software.

I am taking my computer in to have new ram installed now to see if this
corrects the issue.

Was anyone else aware of this problem?

Thanks,
Corey White

 

[R. McCarty]

Idiot - RAM is dynamic, Remove power and the contents of RAM
are lost. If you're going to make up BS, spend a little more time on
some of the basic elements of how a PC works before constructing
a falsehood.

 

[CoreyWhite]

Google 'corrupted RAM'
It can happen other ways too, like from magnetic fields.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Then you probably need to protect yourself...

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

Of course you can have damaged RAM, any chip(s) can be faulty, but that is
nothing to do with what information you store in them.

 

[Bill]

I use to have a problem with magnetic fields but now that I wrap my computer
in tin foil it seems ok.

Is it April already?

 

[kony]

I just ran a test case on a brand new computer that I bought from a
local retailer.

I found a local buffer overflow vulnerability in microsoft word, and
filled the buffer with nonsense. If you do not know what a buffer
overflow vulnerability is, it is the same as the Y2K problem, where
your system clock doesn't have enough ram to keep correct time.

After doing this my computer has corrupted its ram to the point where
after I preformed a full software recovery, there are still glitches
when I run any of my software.

I am taking my computer in to have new ram installed now to see if this
corrects the issue.

Was anyone else aware of this problem?

There is no such problem, powering off machine will
completely negate anything you would've ran with code.

Magnetic corruption by any realistically possible means is
same story, remove field and power cycle system.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I just ran a test case on a brand new computer that I bought from a
local retailer.

I found a local buffer overflow vulnerability in microsoft word, and
filled the buffer with nonsense. If you do not know what a buffer
overflow vulnerability is, it is the same as the Y2K problem, where
your system clock doesn't have enough ram to keep correct time.

The y2k problem was not a buffer overflow. It was mostly a case of programs
only storing the year as two ascii characters. It has nothing to do wth the
amount of ram other than ram was very expensive so programers were "cheap"
with the amount of ram used to store variables.

After doing this my computer has corrupted its ram to the point where
after I preformed a full software recovery, there are still glitches
when I run any of my software.

Then you didn't do a full software recovery or didn't perform the process
properly or you have some defective hardware.

I am taking my computer in to have new ram installed now to see if
this corrects the issue.

It may solve the issue with glitches but again this has nothing to do with
buffer overflows. It is impossible for a buffer overflow to phyically damage
ram.

Was anyone else aware of this problem?

No, because it doesn't exist.

Kerry

 

[PeteK]

Bad news, Bill: I think someone sold you a turkey ;-)

Pete K