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    Crashing points to the existence of severe bugs, and some such bugs (especially memory-related ones like segfaults) may be exploitable. However, observing a segfault implies that this last memory access was not part of a successful exploit. Seeing no segfaults could mean that the app is safer, or that the exploits succeed silently. Commented Jun 18, 2023 at 6:42
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    Not at all, letting the program segfault after running the payload is common. Process continuation can be tricky, especially if you have limited space for your payload Commented Jun 20, 2023 at 23:47