write a paper about the buffer over flow attack.

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Buffer Overflow Attack

A buffer is a temporary location for data storage. Buffer overflow results when more data than intended is stored by a program in the temporary storage area than the allocated memory can hold meaning more extended input than intended. The excess data overflows to other buffers where this data can end up being corrupted. Consequently, data values in the memory get corrupted as well, and this can lead the program to crash (Gupta, 2012). Additionally, the overflow data is vulnerable to malicious manipulation. Two types of buffer overflow are usually likely; heap-based and stack-based overflow. Where the latter is more common and easier to execute. Therefore, Buffer Overflow Attack is the manipulation of leaked data for malicious…

 

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