Reply to post: Re: Good on them for releasing information about the vulnerability

Google unveils Windows 8.1 zero-day vuln – complete with exploit code

Natalie Gritpants

Re: Good on them for releasing information about the vulnerability

Releasing the proof of concept will help the person trying to fix this bug to test if the fix is effective with the person affected. If you don't release the proof of concept there is no guarantee that the fix that is eventually provided is actually a fix since it will rely on the fixer guessing at how to provoke the bug.

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