Buffer Overflow

A vulnerability that occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it can hold, overwriting adjacent memory. Attackers craft inputs that overflow the buffer to inject and execute malicious code or crash the application. Buffer overflows have been behind some of the most damaging exploits in history.

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