[tetromino_]

Both you and parent are correct. Memory safety issues in c++ code are common, but very often they don't manifest as segfaults. Malloc assertion failures or occasional data corruption in edge cases or "impossible" behavior are more typical symptoms.

[cudgy]

Memory issues are rare in every C++ project I’ve ever worked on when compared to much more common bugs in expected functionality (the biggest category), bugs introduced by new or updated libraries, or operating system deprecations, etc.

Overall, the aversion to C++ and other non-GC languages is overly stated in the industry by vendors looking desperate for a problem to solve to validate using their new language or as a solution for companies that want to hire large armies of sub-par developers to bang on keyboards.