Memory Safety Flashcards

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What are some examples of memory errors?

A

Out of bounds errors

Failure to initialise stack/heap allocated variables

Memory Leaks, double free, use after free

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What is Stack Smashing?

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When an attacker maliciously changes the return address of a function call to redirect to some other part of the code

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