A buffer overflow occurs when a process attempts to store data beyond a buffer's boundaries, potentially corrupting adjacent memory or causing an exception.
Vorderseite: buffer overflow Rückseite: A memory access failure due to the attempt by a process to store data beyond the boundaries of a fixed length buffer, resulting in overwriting of adjacent memory areas or the raising of an overflow exception. See also buffer.
| Vorderseite | buffer overflow |
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| Rückseite | A memory access failure due to the attempt by a process to store data beyond the boundaries of a fixed length buffer, resulting in overwriting of adjacent memory areas or the raising of an overflow exception. See also buffer. |
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