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  1. buffer overflow - How to do a bufferoverflow attack for a simple C ...

    Dec 11, 2024 · That’s the intentional bug causing a buffer overflow vulnerability. Now you need to work out how to overwrite the return address of the main function on the call stack with the …

  2. linux - How to do string buffer overflow with scanf function ...

    Feb 4, 2021 · Now I'm trying to overflow the string buffer which will overwrite the caller function's return address with the address for the initiation of the printing of "Access Approved". Below is …

  3. Buffer Overflow example - Information Security Stack Exchange

    Jan 28, 2019 · Practicing and learning buffer overflows by example. I have a question of why a particular buffer overflow is not working with strcpy(). I can trigger the buffer overflow segfault …

  4. How is printf () in C/C++ a Buffer overflow vulnerability?

    Oct 9, 2013 · Here is an example that shows how this overflow can help you. Imagine you don't have access to the private members (pwd for example) so printf will help you see the content …

  5. How should be set an unprotect environment on modern linux to …

    Aug 14, 2024 · How should be set an unprotect environment on modern linux to test an old buffer overflow example? Ask Question Asked 1 year, 3 months ago Modified 1 year, 3 months ago

  6. buffer overflow - Bufferoverflow example on 64 bit Linux

    I am attempting to learn about buffer overflows. I have written a simple C program that calls a function called checkpw() which allocates a char array of 10 bytes large. When I analyze the …

  7. Do high level languages allow for buffer / heap overflow?

    Apr 13, 2022 · I'm learning about basic x86 overflows in C but normally I code with Python. Is there anyway that programs written in higher level languages can suffer from buffer/heap …

  8. exploit - Can't overwrite EIP in bufferoverflow example

    Mar 22, 2021 · 1 I am trying to make a simple buffer-overflow exploit on an example program to understand binary exploitation a bit better. The goal is to simple write shellcode on the stack …

  9. input validation - Can buffer overflow attacks become impossible ...

    Feb 14, 2025 · There are other common approaches like stack canaries which can prevent stack-related buffer overflows (or rather: their exploitation) by inserting a special marker value after …

  10. Basic questions about a buffer overflow attack example

    Dec 3, 2020 · The example code you shared does not contain a buffer overflow, but rather a memory leak/information disclosure vulnerability. When running the program, it will print out …