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How do buffer overflows execute instructions on stack?
I have read a bit about buffer overflows.
One thing I don't understand is that normally stack space isn't executable. Then how can code placed in it, be run?
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Buffer Overflow Discrepancy: Works on Linux VM but Fails on Windows Machine when Implementing Buffer Overflow Example
I am trying to learn about buffer overflows from this book I am reading called "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" by Jon Erickson. Essentially I am passing more bytes in my command line ...
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Understanding Windows stack layout
I am following this buffer overflow tutorial: https://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html
I want to make this program work in Windows
#include <stdio.h>
void f(int x, int y)
{
char buffer1[5];
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Changing I/O buffer for a Windows Client
I have a Windows software that maintains a log file while running. However, the update frequency of the log file is very low. However, if we increase the usage of the software, the update frequency of ...
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Can't modify RIP register on Windows with buffer overflow
So as a learning exercise I wanted to write a buffer overflow. However I ran into some problems which seem to be involved with the x64 architecture. I found the following stack overflow post and was ...
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Python: Capture stdout of crashed program via subprocess
I have a simple C program that asks for input and echoes it back, so essentially a gets and then a printf. I want to call this program through Python subprocess and capture the output - even when the ...
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Buffer-Overflow exploit code
[Buffer - overflow exploit code][1]
Hi so i'm doing an exploit on the windows 2000 server as part of an assignment and needed a little help. I've attached a screenshot of the exploit code thats in the ...
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curl_easy_perform buffer overflow
My problem is that in one part of my program a double variable gets incorrectly set to 2.71179e-308 on one specific (virtual) computer (not any other). No crashes or anything like that. After much ...
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What is the difference between STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN and STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW?
I just found out that there is a STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN and a STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW. What's the difference between those 2? I just found Stack overflow (stack exhaustion) not the same as stack ...
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Is send/receive packet buffer the same preallocated memory
I have a windows app consuming large amounts of incoming udp traffic and sending a small number of udp packets 'keep alive' messages. I'm seeing a small amount of drops on both incoming and outgoing. ...
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How to disable buffer overflow checking in the Visual C++ Runtime?
i, and a few thousand other people, are getting an error being thrown by the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime:
Which for the benefit of search engines, says:
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Buffer ...
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Buffer overflow - Windows vs Unix
I'm trying to figure out the security concerns between buffer overflows in Windows vs Unix.
As I understand it, the buffer overflow Windows hack cannot be implemented in Unix because each process is ...
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