Researchers last week revealed an unpatched buffer overflow bug in Windows that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected machine.<br/> ...

A buffer overflow or overrun is a memory safety issue where a program does not properly check the boundaries of an allocated fixed-length memory buffer and writes more data than it can hold. This ...

Buffer overflows have been a serious security problem for software developers for several decades now, but the history of exploitation research on this class of flaws is relatively short.

Students will learn about a variety of different buffer overflow exploits including SEH-based overflows, which use the Windows Structured Exception Handler to gain reliable control over execution.

CISA has issued a new alert about buffer overflow vulnerabilities, urging the software industry to adopt proper programming practices to eliminate an entire class of dangerous security ...

It ultimately arrived as a "high" security fix for a buffer overflow, one that affects all OpenSSL 3.x installations, but is unlikely to lead to remote code execution.

Many of you have probably heard about Michael Lynn, the ISS employee who figured out how to get a remote shell on a Cisco router using both buffer overflow attacks and heap overflow attacks. Cisco ...

Researchers last week revealed an unpatched buffer overflow bug in Windows that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected machine.<br/> ...