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I don't think so. Rust solve a class of security issue, but that class is 2/3 of all security issues! That's overwhelmingly more secure.

And it's not like it has no effect on the final third either. The stronger type system and ownership system make non-memory related bugs less likely too.

Your comment makes it sound as if you have a better solution. But Rust is the best one we know so far, so this kind of naysaying does more harm than good.

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Naysaying is that these problems can't be fixed in C, this kind of naysaying does more harm than good. Rust merely uses an idea that was known before C even existed.

Do you realize how many security issues exist in applications written in memory-safe Java/PHP/JS/Python ? Memory corruption is but the tip of the iceberg.

You are right that there are software bugs that aren't memory bugs.

Now as GP was saying, Rust inherently mitigates a great deal of generally serious software vulnerabilities, which is great, even if it doesn't mitigate anything else.

Memory corruption is literally 2/3 of the iceberg. Look it up.

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