Does every modern buffer overflow require multiple exploits in end user devices to be utilized?

On modern user oriented devices, such as Android phones, iPhones, PCs(Windows, MacOS, Linux), if there is a remote buffer overflow 0 day, are they only exploitable with the aid of multiple vulnerabilities? An example of this … Continue reading Does every modern buffer overflow require multiple exploits in end user devices to be utilized?

Why is Address Space Layout Randomization not effective against the Open SSL Heartbleed Vulnerability?

My understanding is that ASLR randomly arranges the key data areas of a process, and so reading contiguously above a buffer as is done in heartbleed would not be enough to achieve the exploit.

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