stack buffer overflow

Summary

stack buffer overflow is a security weakness^[1]. It draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #7 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• stack buffer overflow's instance of is recorded as security weakness^[3].
• stack buffer overflow's subclass of is recorded as buffer overflow^[4].
• stack buffer overflow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x3nhx^[5].
• stack buffer overflow's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition^[6].
• stack buffer overflow's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/stack-overflow^[7].
• stack buffer overflow's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00452482n^[8].
• stack buffer overflow's CWE ID is recorded as 121^[9].
• stack buffer overflow's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 68428135^[10].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for stack buffer overflow include Stack Overflow^[11], a Stack Exchange forum site^[12], founded in 2008^[13], written by Joel Spolsky^[14].

Why It Matters

stack buffer overflow draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (security_weakness category, ranking #7 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]

Entities named for it include Stack Overflow^[11], a Stack Exchange forum site^[12], founded in 2008^[13], written by Joel Spolsky^[14].