memory leaks
Memory leaks refer to a specific type of programming error where a computer program fails to release or deallocate memory that is no longer needed, leading to a gradual decrease in available memory and potential degradation in a system's performance over time.
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Related Concepts (22)
- dynamic memory
- garbage collection
- heap exploitation
- heap memory
- heap metadata
- malloc and free functions
- memory allocation
- memory consumption
- memory corruption
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- memory management
- memory profiling
- monitoring memory usage
- out of memory error
- performance degradation
- pointer dereference vulnerabilities
- programming bugs
- resource leaks
- software optimization
- stack memory
- use-after-free vulnerabilities
- violation of memory safety
Similar Concepts
- memory allocation problems
- memory allocation vulnerabilities
- memory corruption bugs
- memory corruption vulnerability
- memory deallocation
- memory disclosure
- memory errors
- memory fragmentation
- memory leak vulnerabilities
- memory leaks and dangling pointers
- memory management vulnerabilities
- memory overflow
- memory retention
- memory safety
- memory safety issues