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  • Created about 8 years ago
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Repository Details

This is a repo which documents real bugs in real software to illustrate trends, learn how to prevent or find them more quickly.

This repository documents real bugs in real software. At the time of disclosure the most recent versions were patched. Seeing mistakes that were made in the past can be a useful tool for seeing trends of bugs which make it past all the quality control processes. Understanding what happened, is the first step to figuring out how to detect these issues in other software.

The repo is organized by the release date. In each folder you will find instructions on how to trigger the bug, versions affected, and a stack trace at the time of the crash. It'll also contain any notes on the bug which might include things like references to specific lines of source code.