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Buffer Overflow Attack

nounid 1714·updated May 9, 2026
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A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt data in memory.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Buffer Overflow Attacks
possessive
Buffer Overflow Attack's
pluralpossessive
Buffer Overflow Attacks'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt data in memory.
NIST SP 800-721 senseview framework →
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A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt data in memory.

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