diff --git a/Examples/PatternScanner/Program.cs b/Examples/PatternScanner/Program.cs
index e3be910..6dac8bc 100644
--- a/Examples/PatternScanner/Program.cs
+++ b/Examples/PatternScanner/Program.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static class Program
         .WriteTo.Console()
         .CreateLogger();
 
-    public static unsafe void Main()
+    public static void Main()
     {
         var processId = Process.GetProcessesByName("CS2").FirstOrDefault()!.Id;
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ public static unsafe void Main()
         
         IntPtr startAddr = IntPtr.Subtract(localPlayerPtr, 20);
         
-        var region = mem.Read(startAddr, 20 + sizeof(IntPtr) + 20);
-        var ptr = mem.Read(localPlayerPtr, sizeof(IntPtr));
+        var region = mem.Read(startAddr, 20 + IntPtr.Size + 20);
+        var ptr = mem.Read(localPlayerPtr, IntPtr.Size);
         
         
         Log.Information("Region: {Region}", BitConverter.ToString(region));
diff --git a/MemNet/Enum/AllocationType.cs b/MemNet/Enum/AllocationType.cs
index 2ee87bc..fa7b312 100644
--- a/MemNet/Enum/AllocationType.cs
+++ b/MemNet/Enum/AllocationType.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public enum AllocationType : uint
     /// <summary>
     /// Indicates that the pages of the specified region should be protected for access by multiple processes.
     /// </summary>
-    MEM_SHARED = 0x00001000, // Note: This value overlaps with MEM_COMMIT in some contexts, careful usage is needed.
+    MEM_SHARED = 0x08000000,
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Allocates memory using large page support.
diff --git a/MemNet/Library.cs b/MemNet/Library.cs
index ddfacd2..cb89a05 100644
--- a/MemNet/Library.cs
+++ b/MemNet/Library.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public void Open(
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="existingHandle">An existing valid handle to the target process.</param>
     /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if the process is already open.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if the handle is invalid (zero or -1).</exception>
     public void Open(IntPtr existingHandle)
     {
         if (_processHandle != IntPtr.Zero)
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ public void Open(IntPtr existingHandle)
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Process already open. Close before hijacking another handle.");
         }
 
+        if (existingHandle == IntPtr.Zero || existingHandle == new IntPtr(-1))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("The provided handle is invalid.", nameof(existingHandle));
+        }
+
         _processHandle = existingHandle;
         _logger.Debug("Hijacked handle for process {ProcessId}.", _processId);
     }
@@ -169,7 +175,14 @@ out var returnedBytes
                     Type = (MemoryType)mbi.Type
                 };
 
-                long nextAddress = mbi.BaseAddress.ToInt64() + mbi.RegionSize;
+                long baseAddr = mbi.BaseAddress.ToInt64();
+                long regionSize = mbi.RegionSize.ToInt64();
+
+                // Check for overflow before addition
+                if (baseAddr > long.MaxValue - regionSize)
+                    break;
+
+                long nextAddress = baseAddr + regionSize;
                 if (nextAddress < 0) break;
                 address = (IntPtr)nextAddress;
             }
@@ -189,11 +202,18 @@ out var returnedBytes
     /// <param name="chunkSize">The size of each chunk read from the process memory.</param>
     /// <returns>A list of matching addresses.</returns>
     /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if the process is not open.</exception>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the pattern is null or empty.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the pattern is null.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if the pattern is empty or contains no valid tokens.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown if addresses or chunk size are invalid.</exception>
-    public List<IntPtr> Search(string pattern, IntPtr startAddress, IntPtr endAddress, int chunkSize = 8196)
+    public List<IntPtr> Search(string pattern, IntPtr startAddress, IntPtr endAddress, int chunkSize = 8192)
     {
-        var patternTokens = pattern.Split(' ');
+        if (pattern is null)
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(pattern), "The search pattern cannot be null.");
+
+        var patternTokens = pattern.Split(' ', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        if (patternTokens.Length == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("The search pattern is empty or contains only whitespace.", nameof(pattern));
+
         var wildcards = patternTokens.Select(token => new Wildcard(token)).ToArray();
         return Search(wildcards, startAddress, endAddress, chunkSize);
     }
@@ -209,7 +229,7 @@ public List<IntPtr> Search(string pattern, IntPtr startAddress, IntPtr endAddres
     /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if the process is not open.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the pattern is null or empty.</exception>
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown if addresses or chunk size are invalid.</exception>
-    public List<IntPtr> Search(Wildcard[] pattern, IntPtr startAddress, IntPtr endAddress, int chunkSize = 8196)
+    public List<IntPtr> Search(Wildcard[] pattern, IntPtr startAddress, IntPtr endAddress, int chunkSize = 8192)
     {
         if (_processHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"Process with ID {_processId} is not open.");
@@ -319,7 +339,7 @@ public byte[] Read(IntPtr address, int size)
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"Process with ID {_processId} is not open.");
 
         if (size <= 0)
-            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(size), "Size must be non-negative.");
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(size), "Size must be positive.");
 
         byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
         GCHandle gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(buffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
@@ -403,7 +423,7 @@ public void Write(IntPtr address, byte[] buffer)
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"Process with ID {_processId} is not open.");
 
         if (buffer.Length <= 0)
-            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(buffer), "Buffer must be non-negative.");
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(buffer), "Buffer length must be positive.");
 
         GCHandle gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(buffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
             
diff --git a/MemNet/Native/ProcessAccessRights.cs b/MemNet/Native/ProcessAccessRights.cs
index 5ba8223..c8c834c 100644
--- a/MemNet/Native/ProcessAccessRights.cs
+++ b/MemNet/Native/ProcessAccessRights.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ public enum ProcessAccessRights : uint
     PROCESS_SET_INFORMATION = 0x0200,
     PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400,
     PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME = 0x0800,
-    PROCESS_GET_CONTEXT = 0x1000,
-    PROCESS_SET_CONTEXT = 0x2000,
-    PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION = 0x2000, // Introduced in Windows Server 2003
+    PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION = 0x1000, // Introduced in Windows Vista
     PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = 0x000F0000 | 0x001FFFFF
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MemNet/Wildcard.cs b/MemNet/Wildcard.cs
index e0db5a4..8ead039 100644
--- a/MemNet/Wildcard.cs
+++ b/MemNet/Wildcard.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
 namespace MemNet;
 
-public readonly struct Wildcard(string token)
+public readonly struct Wildcard
 {
-    private readonly int? _highNibble = token[0] == '?' ? null : Convert.ToInt32(token[0].ToString(), 16); // null represents wildcard
-    private readonly int? _lowNibble = token[1] == '?' ? null : Convert.ToInt32(token[1].ToString(), 16);  // null represents wildcard
+    private readonly int? _highNibble; // null represents wildcard
+    private readonly int? _lowNibble;  // null represents wildcard
+
+    public Wildcard(string token)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Token cannot be null or empty.", nameof(token));
+
+        if (token.Length != 2)
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Token must be exactly 2 characters, got {token.Length}: '{token}'", nameof(token));
+
+        _highNibble = ParseNibble(token[0], nameof(token));
+        _lowNibble = ParseNibble(token[1], nameof(token));
+    }
+
+    private static int? ParseNibble(char c, string paramName)
+    {
+        if (c == '?')
+            return null;
+
+        if (c is (>= '0' and <= '9') or (>= 'A' and <= 'F') or (>= 'a' and <= 'f'))
+            return Convert.ToInt32(c.ToString(), 16);
+
+        throw new ArgumentException($"Invalid hex character '{c}'. Expected 0-9, A-F, a-f, or '?' for wildcard.", paramName);
+    }
 
     public bool Matches(byte b)
     {