#unicode

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Information security
fromDroids On Roids
4 days ago

When ZeroWidth Isn't Zero: How I Found and Fixed a Vulnerability | Blog

Unicode Variation Selectors can inflate UTF-16 storage size while still passing perceived-length checks, enabling payload injection, performance issues, and possible database crashes.
Software development
fromRubyflow
1 month ago

You won't believe what can crash IRB:

A tiny Unicode handling bug causing emoji backspace crashes in IRB was fixed, showing developers can contribute meaningful patches to Ruby internals.
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