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An exploit or security vulnerability is a programming oversight which allows us to break [[Wii Security]] and gain more access into the system. They are generally good for homebrew.
Exploits come in multiple flavors: IOS exploits such as the [[Signing bug]] are security vulnerabilities in the Wii's internal firmware, gamesave exploits such as [[Twilight Hack]] are security vulnerabilities in the savedata of games and channels, and System menu exploits such as [[Bannerbomb]] are security vulnerabilities in the way the [[System Menu]] handles data.
It is notable that most of these exploits are buffer overflows. [[STM Release Exploit|One]] is a null pointer bug and [[Signing bug|one]] is a genuine confusion between string.h functions. Gamesave exploits tend to be the most numerous, since most save loading code is written in C with little attention paid to sane string handling. With [[Smash Stack|one exception]], Nintendo can only fix these exploits with a System Menu update.
Exploits come in multiple flavors: IOS exploits such as the [[Signing bug]] are security vulnerabilities in the Wii's internal firmware, gamesave exploits such as [[Twilight Hack]] are security vulnerabilities in the savedata of games and channels, and System menu exploits such as [[Bannerbomb]] are security vulnerabilities in the way the [[System Menu]] handles data.
It is notable that most of these exploits are buffer overflows. [[STM Release Exploit|One]] is a null pointer bug and [[Signing bug|one]] is a genuine confusion between string.h functions. Gamesave exploits tend to be the most numerous, since most save loading code is written in C with little attention paid to sane string handling. With [[Smash Stack|one exception]], Nintendo can only fix these exploits with a System Menu update.