GitLab critical patch release(docs.gitlab.com)
395 points by artooro | 92 comments
GitLab's critical patch release notes for versions 19.5.1 and backports, fixing a CVSS 10.0 regex compiler integer overflow RCE and other security issues.
#integer-overflow on Hacker News
5 stories tagged integer-overflow, newest first.
Float and integer arithmetic follow two different paradigms(blog.pkh.me)
58 points by ibobev | 12 comments
Blog post arguing that float arithmetic should be handled by reacting to results (NaN/inf) rather than the preventive checks used for integer overflow in C and Rust.
Show HN: Museum of Numbers(numbermuseum.com)
23 points by rhl314 | 9 comments
A Museum of Numbers exhibit page about 2,147,483,647, the maximum 32-bit signed integer, opening with the Gangnam Style YouTube view counter overflow story.
Doom crash after 2.5 years of real-world runtime confirmed on real hardware(lenowo.org)
426 points by minki_the_avali | 184 comments
A forum post on LenOwO describing how the original DOOM engine crashed after running for 2.5 years on real hardware due to an ever-incrementing demo variable.
Heisting $20M of Magic: The Gathering Cards in a Single Request(mayer.cool)
469 points by liuandrewk | 118 comments
A blog post describing how an arithmetic overflow exploit in Magic: The Gathering Arena allowed buying millions of card packs with starting in-game currency.