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> A huge integer will always consume a near-quadratic amount of CPU time in conversion to or from a base 10 (decimal) string with a large number of digits. No efficient algorithm exists to do otherwise.

This is pretty interestign in itself. Are there other sw compoenents that have flagged & fixed this vulnerability? Seems like there should be many.



It is an incorrect assertion. See elsewhere in this thread and later on the linked ticket.




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