memory leaks and dangling pointers
Memory leaks are a type of programming error where memory that is allocated dynamically is not properly deallocated when it is no longer needed. This leads to a loss of memory resources and can cause a program to consume more memory than necessary, eventually leading to performance issues or even crashing. Dangling pointers, on the other hand, occur when a pointer points to memory that has been deallocated or is no longer valid. When the program tries to access or use this dangling pointer, it can lead to unexpected behavior, crashes, or security vulnerabilities.
Requires login.
Related Concepts (1)
Similar Concepts
- dangling pointers
- dynamic memory allocation with pointers
- memory allocation and deallocation using pointers
- memory allocation problems
- memory allocation vulnerabilities
- memory corruption
- memory corruption bugs
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- memory deallocation
- memory errors
- memory leak vulnerabilities
- memory leaks
- memory management vulnerabilities
- memory overflow
- memory safety issues