So i wrote this on the other site (the short messages wannabe porn site) and predictably got just a single response.
Perhaps here I would fare better?

Reading the Qualys writeup about the OpenSSH race condition RCE it occurred to me that there should be a book titled "Beautiful Exploits" in which a handful of beautiful exploits are explained and their philosophical and historical implications are discussed.

Which ones you'd pick?

@4Dgifts I think most qualys’s exploits qualify (the stack clash?! come on). My personal favorite bug of all times remain CVE-2001-0797 (Solaris login) that sparked many cool exploits.