"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
2 days ago
- A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-55200) in libssh2 causes heap corruption and remote code execution due to a missing upper bound check in the C code.
- The article satirically notes that such vulnerabilities occur only in C, which is responsible for 90% of memory safety vulnerabilities over the last 50 years.
- Programmers using C describe the situation as helpless, with no way to prevent these issues, echoing a common sentiment among the language's users.