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arXiv:2105.02124 (cs)
[Submitted on 22 Apr 2021]

Title:Intrinsic Propensity for Vulnerability in Computers? Arbitrary
Code Execution in the Universal Turing Machine

Authors:Pontus Johnson
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    Abstract: The universal Turing machine is generally considered to
    be the simplest, most abstract model of a computer. This paper
    reports on the discovery of an accidental arbitrary code
    execution vulnerability in Marvin Minsky's 1967 implementation of
    the universal Turing machine. By submitting crafted data, the
    machine may be coerced into executing user-provided code. The
    article presents the discovered vulnerability in detail and
    discusses its potential implications. To the best of our
    knowledge, an arbitrary code execution vulnerability has not
    previously been reported for such a simple system.

Subjects: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
Cite as:  arXiv:2105.02124 [cs.CR]
          (or arXiv:2105.02124v1 [cs.CR] for this version)

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From: Pontus Johnson [view email]
[v1] Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:34:28 UTC (322 KB)
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