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Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Properties
id: d3f:CWE-122
- name
- Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- definition
- A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
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CWE-122 has no related weaknesses in this release.