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Buffer Overflow Leading to
Code Execution in Left4Dead 2

Hunter Stanton

Left4Dead 2 is a video game released in 2009 by Valve Software for PC, Linux, Mac, and Xbox 360. Even though it is 11 years old, it is played by tens of thousands of players every day and is still being actively maintained by Valve.
It runs…