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NES Contra ported to WebAssembly; critical Linux TCP vulnerability disclosed

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A port of the 1987 NES game Contra has been developed, translating the original assembly language code first to C and then to WebAssembly. Separately, a critical TCP use-after-free vulnerability, CVE-2026-98432, has been identified in Linux's IPv4 implementation, carrying a CVSS score of 9.8. AI

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NES Contra ported to WebAssembly; critical Linux TCP vulnerability disclosed

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly) Based on vermiceli's annotated disassembly of Contra: https:// github.com/vermiceli/nes-con

    Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly) Based on vermiceli's annotated disassembly of Contra: https:// github.com/vermiceli/nes-contr a-us . Thanks for the great work. I ported it in two steps. First to C: the game logic is translated routine by routi…

    LINKS github.com/…/nes-contra-us epoyraz.github.io/nes-contra-us
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8 Article URL: https:// atlasum.net/blog/cve-2026-9843 2-linux-ipv4-tcp-uaf Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.

    TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8 Article URL: https:// atlasum.net/blog/cve-2026-9843 2-linux-ipv4-tcp-uaf Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0319143 Points: 10 # Comments: 2 https:// atlasum.net/blog/cve-2026-9843 2-linux-ipv4-tcp-uaf # Tech # Tec…

    LINKS atlasum.net/…/cve-2026-98432-linux-ipv4-t…

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