Preventing Buffer Overflows (for C programmers)

Purpose of this Section

What can cause buffer overflows?

Careless use of buffers without bounds checking - Problem.

Careless use of buffers without bounds checking - Consequences.

Careless use of buffers without bounds checking - Recommendations.

Formatting and logical errors – Problem.

Formatting and logical errors – Consequences.

Formatting and logical errors – Recommendations.

Unsafe library function calls - Problem.

Unsafe library function calls - Consequences.

Unsafe library function calls - Recommendations.

Off-by-one errors - Problem.

Off-by-one errors - Consequences.

Off-by-one errors - Recommendations.

Old code used for new purposes - Problem.

Old code used for new purposes - Consequences.

Old code used for new purposes - Recommendations.

All sorts of other far-fetched but deadly-serious things you should think about - Problem.

All sorts of other far-fetched but deadly-serious things you should think about - Consequences.

All sorts of other far-fetched but deadly-serious things you should think about - Recommendations.

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