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Posts tagged buffer-overflow

For questions about attempts to copy data into a buffer without checking for sufficient space, causing data to be overwritten in neighboring memory locations.

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Q&A Is strcpy dangerous and what should be used instead?

I heard rumours that the strcpy function is dangerous and shouldn't be used. Supposedly it can be exploited to create buffer overflows somehow. And indeed when I compile my C code in the admittedl...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 7d ago by Lundin‭