A buffer overflow or overrun is a memory safety issue where a program does not properly check the boundaries of an allocated fixed-length memory buffer and writes more data than it can hold. This ...

In 1978 VAX/VMS was the operating system of choice on the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX processors. (Berkeley Unix was also an option). VAX/VMS and its successor OpenVMS includes virtual ...

The Morris worm of 1988 was one of those industry-shaking experiences that revealed how quickly a worm could spread using a vulnerability known as a buffer overflow or buffer overrun. Around 6,000 of ...

In mid-May, a nasty security bug was discovered in popular messaging app WhatsApp that allowed hackers to install powerful malware on iPhone and Android devices. Interestingly, to exploit the bug, ...

ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) is a memory exploitation mitigation technique used on both Linux and Windows systems. Learn how to tell if it's running, enable/disable it, and get a view of ...

The BSD libc library was updated recently to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The BSD libc library was updated recently to address ...

A lot of the recent MS security patches are buffer related. "Unchecked buffer" this, "buffer overflow" that, etc, etc...<BR><BR>This may be a very deep question, but I'm going to ask it anyway in ...

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