stack smashing

English

Etymology

Popularized by an early description of the technique titled Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit (1996).

Noun

stack smashing (uncountable)

1. (computer security) The exploitation of a buffer overflow affecting the stack.
   • 2008 December 17, Asoke K. Talukder, Manish Chaitanya, Architecting Secure Software Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 130:

     A stack smashing attack fills up the stack area and modifies the return address to an attacker's desired location.

Related terms

• smash the stack

Further reading

• stack smashing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia