Buffer
Overflow Causes. ©2002, Jedidiah R. Crandall, Susan L. Gerhart, Jan G.
Hogle.
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Careless
use of buffers without
bounds checking
bounds checking
This is the classical cause of a buffer overflow. It is a blatant programmer error analogous to
trying to
pour five gallons of water into a four gallon bucket. It can lead to the program being hijacked, data being corrupted,
or the program crashing.