Feb 23, 2016 · When I look at the exploits from the past few years related to implementations, I see that quite a lot of them are from C or C++, and a lot of them are overflow attacks. …

Apr 28, 2015 · This code is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack, and I'm trying to figure out why. I'm thinking it has to do with len being declared a short instead of an int, but I'm not really sure.

Oct 14, 2014 · 9 what are the ideas of preventing buffer overflow attacks? and i heard about Stackguard,but until now is this problem completely solved by applying stackguard or …

Feb 14, 2025 · So can we just limit the size of the input the program can accept and make buffer overflow attacks impossible? I also saw this article which states the following: A type-safe …

Nov 20, 2024 · If exploitation only becomes feasible when protections are deliberately disabled, doesn’t this shift the issue from being a vulnerability to a misconfiguration problem? In such …

Apr 13, 2022 · Your TL;DR defines "buffer overflow" too narrowly. Not all buffer overruns have to be stack-smashing attacks, overrunning into global variables or heap allocations is also …

Aug 12, 2021 · Unfortunately, yes, buffer overflow and similar attacks are still possible. Microsoft has found approximately 70% of security vulnerabilities are various forms of memory unsafety, …

Mar 3, 2025 · Buffer Overflow Exploit (x86-64, Attack Lab Phase 2) - Injecting Shellcode for Function Call Objective I am working on a buffer overflow attack for an x86-64 binary (Attack …

Jan 26, 2009 · A buffer overflow in the strict sense of overwriting the stack or heap itself would require either: A bug in the framework (these have existed in the past and may well again) The …

Jul 1, 2012 · The theory behind this is to attempt to randomize where items are in memory to make the task of injecting malicious code more difficult. Some buffer overflow and stack …