stack smashing
nounEtymology
Popularized by an early description of the technique titled Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit (1996).
Definitions
The exploitation of a buffer overflow affecting the stack.
- A stack smashing attack fills up the stack area and modifies the return address to an attacker's desired location.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for stack smashing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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