Google can't just rip and replace Chromium's existing C++ code with memory safer Rust, but it is working on ways to improve the memory safety of C++ by scanning heap allocated memory.

Diagnose the problem 1. Capture the heap dump A heap dump is a snapshot of what’s in your Java program’s memory at a given point in time. It contains details about objects that are present in memory, ...

Whilst overflowing it might corrupt memory and crash the program, the chance of it inserting code in a place where it might be executed and then forcing its execution is practically nil.</p> ••• ...