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This error is the most common type of [[Computer security]] flaw that is used to run code on a remote machine unintentionally. | 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. | Other names for this attack include "buffer overrun" and "Smashing the Stack," both of which describe the concept.<ref name="Smashing the Stack">{{cite web | ||
| url=http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html | |||
| title="Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit by Aleph One" | |||
| retrievedate=2007-04-09 | |||
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==References== | |||
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[[Category:CZ Live]] | [[Category:CZ Live]] | ||
[[Category:Computers Workgroup]] | [[Category:Computers Workgroup]] | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 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.[1]