# return-to-libc attack

> computer security attack in which a subroutine return address on a call stack is replaced by an address of a subroutine already present in executable memory, bypassing the no-execute bit

**Wikidata**: [Q13427559](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13427559)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return-to-libc_attack)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/return-to-libc-attack


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013