---
id: 8779
title: "The poisoned NUL byte, 2014 edition"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html"
published_at: "2014-08-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "exploitation", "memory-corruption", "project-zero", "nul-byte"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8779"
lang: en
---

# The poisoned NUL byte, 2014 edition

## Summary

A Google Project Zero post revisiting the classic poisoned NUL byte bug and what a single NUL write can achieve on modern systems.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2014-08-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8779