Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Properties


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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