C++

Overview

C++ powers browsers, game engines, and large performance-critical applications. It keeps C's memory model and adds object lifetimes, vtables, and the STL — each of which introduces its own class of exploitable bugs. For reverse engineers and exploit developers, C++ targets are everywhere and uniquely intricate.

Why learn C++

• Browsers and major desktop software are C++ — the highest-value exploitation targets.
• Object lifetimes and vtables create type-confusion and use-after-free bugs.
• It deepens the memory understanding C starts.

Security applications

• Browser and engine exploitation
• Type-confusion and vtable attacks
• Reverse engineering complex binaries
• Memory-safety review of large codebases
• Tooling that must be fast and low-level

Planned curriculum

1. Classes, objects, and lifetimes
2. Vtables and virtual dispatch
3. The STL and its footguns
4. Type confusion vulnerabilities
5. Use-after-free in object-heavy code
6. Smart pointers and RAII
7. Reversing C++ binaries
8. Modern C++ safety features

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