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Buffer Overflow Attack

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

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms
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Buffer Overflow Attacks
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Buffer Overflow Attack's
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Buffer Overflow Attacks'

Framework definitions

2 senses across 2 frameworks
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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