quangntenemy Posted:

In MySQL SMALLINT has the range of -32768 to 32767. Therefore when a topic has more than 32767 views there will be an overflow and the number will become negative. This will make Flamebate malfunctioning, and as a probable outcome, you might be able to get access to other klans forums.

An overflow would affect the one bit in front of the int, which could theoretically have practically any effect since who knows what’s floating in front of it in memory, but it’s highly, highly, highly unlikely that it’ll do anything noticeable, let alone result in an exploit as significant as letting you view klan forums.

I guess it’s fun to try and overflow the view count for ****s and giggles, but don’t get your hopes up that it’ll do anything.