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Buffer Overflow Attack

Definitions:

  A method of overloading a predefined amount of memory storage in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt memory beyond the buffer’s boundaries.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1

  A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt memory in data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-72