> What are you embedding v8 into exactly?
C++ code.
Yeah, I know...
> What happens if I figure out a buffer overflow in v8?
You report it to Google for $15,000. ;)
More seriously, though, this is something we've spent a huge amount of effort worrying about. There are many layers of sandboxing and mitigation, including an incredibly tight seccomp filter, namespaces, cgroups, ASLR, architectural changes to keep sensitive secrets away from risky processes, etc. But we still worry and will continue to add more safeguards.