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