buffer overflows
Buffer overflows occur when a program tries to store more data in a memory buffer than it can handle, causing the excess data to overwrite adjacent memory locations. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code or crash the program.
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- address space layout randomization (aslr)
- binary code manipulation techniques
- binary exploitation
- buffer overflow exploits in widely used software
- buffer overflows in network protocols
- code injection attacks
- data execution prevention (dep)
- escaping user input
- exploit development
- exploiting software vulnerabilities
- format string vulnerabilities
- heap-based buffer overflow
- integer overflow
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- pointer dereference vulnerabilities
- real-world examples of buffer overflows
- remote code execution (rce)
- return-oriented programming (rop)
- reverse engineering techniques for buffer overflows
- shellcode
- shellcoding techniques
- smashing the stack
- software vulnerability
- stack canaries
- stack smashing protection (ssp)
- stack-based buffer overflow
- techniques to mitigate buffer overflow attacks
- violation of memory safety
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- stack overflows
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