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Re: Is python buffer overflow proof?

by Paul Rubinon 2009-08-04T04:36:13+00:00
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> > The Python interpreter is written in C. Python extension modules are
> > written in C (or something similar). If you find an unprotected buffer
> > in this C code, you can possibly overflow this buffer.
>
> How are C extension modules "_pure_ python"?
A lot of basic Python constructs (like numbers and dictionaries) are
implemented as C extension modules. It is reasonable to consider
"pure Python" to include the contents of the Python standard library.
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