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Buffer Overflows

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) · objective 2.3

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Speed

This lesson’s steps

  1. Watch the step+10 XP

    Watch to the end. Slow it down or loop the tricky part as often as you need.

  2. Try it yourself+25 XP

    Explain in your own words why writing past the end of a memory buffer can let an attacker run code.

  3. Log what you made+40 XP

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Quick check

3 questions · +15 XP

Recalling what you just watched is one of the best ways to remember it. No timer.

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