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In programming and information security, a buffer overflow or buffer overrun is an anomaly whereby a program writes data to a buffer beyond the buffer's allocated memory, overwriting adjacent memory locations.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffer overflow | is a | well-known security exploit | 0.90 | text |
| linked list pointers | instance of | Exploitation is performed by corrupting this data in specific ways to cause the application to overwrite internal structures | 0.80 | text |
| Cyclone | instance of | OCaml and some systems programming languages | 0.80 | text |
| Rust | instance of | OCaml and some systems programming languages | 0.80 | text |
| D | instance of | OCaml and some systems programming languages | 0.80 | text |
| Buffer overflow | related to Address space layout randomization | Address | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Address space layout randomization | ASLR | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Address space layout randomization | Randomization | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Address space layout randomization | It | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Buffer overflow protection | Buffer | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Buffer overflow protection | If | 0.60 | section |
| Buffer overflow | related to Buffer overflow protection | Three | 0.60 | section |
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