Re-wrote Boldarev's C-like version into C++. Description from Artem Boldarev's original Gist: "A safer replacement for the obsolete IsBadReadPtr() and IsBadWritePtr() WinAPI functions on top of VirtualQuery() which respects Windows guard pages and does not use SEH."

is_bad_mem_ptr.cpp

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*/

#include <windows.h>
/*
 *https://gist.github.com/arbv/531040b8036050c5648fc55471d50352
A safer replacement for the obsolete IsBadReadPtr() and IsBadWritePtr() WinAPI functions
on top of VirtualQuery() which respects Windows guard pages. It does not use SEH
and is designed to be compatible with the above-mentioned functions.
The calls to the IsBadReadPtr() and IsBadWritePtr() can be replaced with the calls to
the is_bad_mem_ptr() as follows:
- IsBadReadPtr(...)  => is_bad_mem_ptr(false, ...)
- IsBadWritePtr(...) => is_bad_mem_ptr(true, ...)
*/
template <typename T>
bool is_bad_mem_ptr(const bool write, const T* ptr, const std::size_t size)
{
	const auto min_ptr = 0x10000;
	const auto max_ptr = 0x000F000000000000;

	if (ptr == nullptr || address(ptr) < min_ptr || address(ptr) >= max_ptr)
	{
		return true;
	}

	DWORD mask = PAGE_READONLY | PAGE_READWRITE | PAGE_WRITECOPY | PAGE_EXECUTE_READ | PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE | PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY;

	if (write)
	{
		mask = PAGE_READWRITE | PAGE_WRITECOPY | PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE | PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY;
	}

	auto current = address(ptr);
	const auto last = current + size;

	// So we are considering the region:
	// [ptr, ptr+size)

	while (current < last)
	{
		MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION mbi;

		if (VirtualQuery(LPCVOID(current), &mbi, sizeof mbi) == 0)
		{
			// We couldn't get any information on this region.
			// Let's not risk any read/write operation.
			return true;
		}

		if ((mbi.Protect & mask) == 0)
		{
			// We can't perform our desired read/write operations in this region.
			return true;
		}

		if (mbi.Protect & (PAGE_GUARD | PAGE_NOACCESS))
		{
			// We can't access this region.
			return true;
		}

		// Let's consider the next region.
		current = address(mbi.BaseAddress) + mbi.RegionSize;
	}

	return false;
}

template <typename T>
bool is_bad_read_ptr(const T* ptr, const std::size_t size)
{
	return is_bad_mem_ptr(false, ptr, size);
}

template <typename T>
bool is_bad_read_ptr(const T* ptr)
{
	return is_bad_read_ptr(ptr, sizeof ptr);
}

template <typename T>
bool is_bad_write_ptr(const T* ptr, const std::size_t size)
{
	return is_bad_mem_ptr(true, ptr, size);
}

template <typename T>
bool is_bad_write_ptr(const T* ptr)
{
	return is_bad_write_ptr(ptr, sizeof ptr);
}