null pointer dereference
Null pointer dereference refers to the act of accessing or retrieving data stored at a memory location that has been assigned a null value (a placeholder indicating no specific data). This action often results in an error or crash within a computer program.
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Related Concepts (14)
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- exploit writing techniques
- invalid memory reference
- memory access violation
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- null pointer exception
- segmentation fault
- uninitialized pointer
- use-after-free
- using a pointer without assigning a valid memory address
- violation of memory safety
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- invalid memory access
- invalid pointer
- null pointer
- null pointer dereference attacks
- null pointer dereference vulnerabilities
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- pointer dereferencing
- pointer to a pointer
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