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Explore the internals of Windows 10 Segment Heap in this 42-minute Black Hat conference talk by Mark Vincent Yason. Dive deep into the architecture, configuration, and security mechanisms of this native heap used in Windows app processes and Microsoft Edge. Learn about backend page range descriptors, variable size allocations, low fragmentation heap, and various security features like heap address randomization and guard pages. Gain insights into exploiting memory corruption vulnerabilities, demonstrated through a case study of the Microsoft WinRT PDF library (CVE-2016-0117). Understand the implications for reliable exploit development in Edge components and dependencies using Segment Heap.
Windows 10 Segment Heap Internals
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