stack smashing

noun

Etymology

Popularized by an early description of the technique titled Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit (1996).

Definitions

  1. 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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