buffer overflow en · NOUN
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(qualifier:computer security) The event when the amount of data sought to be added to a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer; generally resulting in a catastrophic error if this case has not been anticipated.
When a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer than it was originally anticipated to hold, a buffer overflow occurs. What is really happening during a buffer overflow?
2005, Gert De Laet, Gert Schauwers, Network Security Fundamentals, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 28:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| buffer overflows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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de Bufferüberlauf (Translations) · pl przepełnienie bufora (Translations) · de Pufferüberlauf (Translations) · fi puskurin ylivuoto (Translations) · fi puskurin yliajo (Translations)