Return-oriented attacks
nounid
3895·updated May 9, 2026verified
An exploit technique in which the attacker uses control of the call stack to indirectly execute cherry-picked machine instructions immediately prior to the return instruction in subroutines within the existing program code
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Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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unclassified
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unclassified
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Framework definitions
- §1
- An exploit technique in which the attacker uses control of the call stack to indirectly execute cherry-picked machine instructions immediately prior to the return instruction in subroutines within the existing program code
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An exploit technique in which the attacker uses control of the call stack to indirectly execute cherry-picked machine instructions immediately prior to the return instruction in subroutines within the existing program codeDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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