The JavaScript alert(), confirm() and prompt() functions in Firefox, Opera and MSIE (but not Safari) will truncate the message after any null character. So an unsuspecting programmer who inserts user-provided text into one of these dialog boxes opens up an opportunity for the user to rewrite the bottom of the dialog box.
Recent articles
- LLM 0.22, the annotated release notes - 17th February 2025
- Run LLMs on macOS using llm-mlx and Apple's MLX framework - 15th February 2025
- URL-addressable Pyodide Python environments - 13th February 2025