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buffer overflow buffer overrun BOF Buffer-overrun buffer overflows

In programming and information security, a buffer overflow or buffer overrun is an anomaly whereby a program writes data to a buffer beyond the buffer's allocated memory, overwriting adjacent memory locations. Wikipedia

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A situation whereby the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Anomaly in computer security and programming that could be exploited as a security vulnerability Wikidata

An anomaly where a process stores data in a buffer outside the memory the programmer set aside for it. OmegaWiki

The event when the amount of data sought to be added to a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer; generally resulting in a catastrophic error if this case has not been anticipated. Wiktionary

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stack buffer overflow

heap overflow

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buffer overflow

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buffer overflow

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buffer overflow

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buffer overflow, buffer overrun

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Buffer-overrun, Buffer Overflow, buffer overflows, buffer overrun, buffer overruns, DLL trampolining, pointer protection, Stack smash, Xrun

Wikidata Alias

BOF, buffer overrun, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer