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Revision as of 11:54, 9 April 2007
In computers and computer security, a buffer overflow occurs when more data than was expected is written to a memory buffer than was intended by a programmer.
This error is the most common type of Computer security flaw that is used to run code on a remote machine unintentionally.
Other names for this attack include "buffer overrun" and "Smashing the Stack," both of which describe the concept.