It is claimed that integer overflow bugs recently became the second most common bug type in security advisories :
http://cve.mitre.org/docs/vuln-trends/index.html
The severity of integer bugs, lie on the fact that they can lead in buffer overflows. Some more recent incidents are mentioned below:
Many well-known applications, such as QuickTime – [ZDNet] -
OpenOffice – [ZDNet] -
and Windows Media Player – [The Register] -
have recently presented integer bugs.
A malicious user can trigger integer overflows even in voting machines that are used in California:
[WIRED]
