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NCMF: 5.3.1b

CodeHS Lessons

A buffer overflow is an anomaly where a program, while writing data to a buffer, overruns the buffer's boundary and overwrites adjacent memory locations, and how this can be used as an entry point by an attacker to violate security policy.

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8.2 Assessing Risks
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12.2 Assessing Risks
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13.2 Assessing Risks
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15.2 Assessing Risks
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13.2 Assessing Risks