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Is it impossible to make a C ++ application "Crash Proof"?

Let's say we have an SDK in C ++ that takes some binary data (like an image) and does something. Is it not possible to make this SDK "crash"? As a result of the accident, I primarily mean the forced termination of the OS in case of violation of access to memory due to invalid input transmitted by the user (for example, abnormally short unwanted data).

I have no experience with C ++, but when I googled, I found several ways that sounded like a solution (use a vector instead of an array, configure the compiler to do an automatic border check, etc.).

When I introduced this to the developer, he said it was still not possible. Not that I don't believe him, but if so, how does this language, like Java, handle this? I thought the JVM performs border checks every time. If so, why can't you do the same thing in C ++ manually?

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By "Crash proof" I do not mean that the application does not end. I mean that it should not suddenly stop without information about what happened (I mean that it will unload the kernel, etc., but it does not seem possible to display a message like "Argument x is invalid" and etc.?)

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Actually, using border checks makes your application more likely to crash!

This is a good design because it means that if your program works, it is much more likely to work / correctly / rather than working incorrectly.

However, this application cannot be made “crash proof”, strictly speaking, until the stopping problem is resolved. Good luck

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