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How does the concept of pointers and dereferences relate to the occurrence and exploitation of buffer overflows?

Friday, 04 August 2023 by EITCA Academy

Pointers and dereferences play a important role in the occurrence and exploitation of buffer overflows in computer systems. To understand this relationship, it is necessary to consider the concepts of pointers, memory allocation, and buffer overflows. In computer programming, a pointer is a variable that holds the memory address of another variable. It allows direct

Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/CSSF Computer Systems Security Fundamentals, Buffer overflow attacks, Introduction to buffer overflows, Examination review

Tagged under: Buffer Overflows, Cybersecurity, Dereferences, Exploitation, Pointers

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How does the concept of pointers and dereferences relate to the occurrence and exploitation of buffer overflows?