Buffer Overflow
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Buffer Overflow
Attacker spams data writes to overflow memory
Memory spills into other memory
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Buffer Overflow Prevention
Developer perform bound checks
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Example:
Overflow 9 bytes of data in to 8 bytes → Goes to next data type → Changes the value since data overflowed
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Not simple to exploit
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