stack smashing
The exploitation of a buffer overflow affecting the stack.
Noun
- The exploitation of a buffer overflow affecting the stack.
- A stack smashing attack fills up the stack area and modifies the return address to an attacker's desired location. - 2008 December 17, Asoke K. Talukder, Manish Chaitanya, Architecting Secure Software Systems, CRC...
Origin
Popularized by an early description of the technique titled Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit (1996).