return-oriented programming

noun

Definitions

  1. A computer security exploit technique by which the attacker gains control of the call…

    A computer security exploit technique by which the attacker gains control of the call stack to hijack program control flow and then executes prepared instruction sequences ("gadgets") that are already present in the machine's memory.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for return-oriented programming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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