https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/41efd29f-07dd-4669-8f2c-7d53c93bed3c We debug the line that causes the heap overflow. And it's a great opportunity to understand pointers in C. The full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhixgUqwRTjy0gMuT4C3bmjeZjuNQyqdx Grab the files: https://github.com/LiveOverflow/pwnedit The original disclosure: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-research/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo-baron-samedit Episode 07: 00:00 - Intro & Motivation 00:46 - Create Debug Build 01:02 - The Crashing Location 01:43 - Scary Pointer Magic 02:10 - *to++ = *from 02:56 - Explaining: from++ 04:03 - Explaining: *from 04:56 - Explaining: to++ 05:23 - Explaining: *to = *from 05:54 - The Copy While Loop 06:26 - Explaining: from[0] vs *from 07:14 - The Bug! 08:35 - Wrong Allocation Size Calculated 09:30 - Unescape Logic 10:15 - Why though? -=[ ❤️ Support ]=- → per Video: https://www.patreon.com/join/liveoverflow → per Month: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w/join -=[ 🐕 Social ]=- → Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiveOverflow/ → Website: https://liveoverflow.com/ → Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveOverflow/ → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveOverflow/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:50:52 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/41efd29f-07dd-4669-8f2c-7d53c93bed3c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.