heap exploitation
Heap exploitation refers to the manipulation and abuse of memory allocation mechanisms in a computer's heap, typically with malicious intent, to gain unauthorized access, execute arbitrary code, or perform other unauthorized activities.
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- binary exploitation techniques
- binary heap
- buffer overflow
- chunked memory allocation
- data corruption
- double free vulnerabilities
- exploit development
- exploit development methodologies
- exploit development tools
- format string vulnerabilities
- heap metadata
- heap overflow
- heap spraying
- heap underflow
- integer overflows
- kernel data structure exploitation
- malloc and free functions
- memory corruption
- memory leaks
- return oriented programming (rop)
- return to libc technique
- return-to-libc attacks
- reverse engineering techniques for buffer overflows
- rop gadgets
- shellcode injection
- stack corruption
- stack exploitation
- uninitialized memory vulnerabilities
- use-after-free vulnerabilities