memory corruption
Memory corruption refers to the unintended alteration of computer memory, typically caused by software or hardware errors, that can result in unpredictable and erroneous behavior of a system or program.
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- command injection
- control-flow integrity bypass
- cross-site scripting (xss)
- data corruption
- dll injection
- double free
- format string vulnerabilities
- format string vulnerability
- heap corruption
- heap exploitation
- heap metadata
- heap overflow
- heap overflows
- heap spray
- heap spraying
- heap underflow
- injection attacks
- integer overflow
- integer overflows
- kernel heap exploitation
- kernel memory corruption
- kernel module exploitation
- malloc and free functions
- memory corruption mitigations
- memory disclosure
- memory leaks
- metasploit framework
- pointer dereference vulnerabilities
- pointer misuse
- remote code execution
- return-oriented programming (rop)
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- memory access violation
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- memory corruption prevention
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- memory corruption vulnerability
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- memory fragmentation
- memory manipulation
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