Techniques for Defending from Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Security Exploits

Recent reports reveal that majority of security violations are caused by weaknesses in code. Buffer overflow vulnerability is the most severe of security violations. Though wide range of solutions from static analysis techniques to hardware modifications were proposed to tackle the vulnerability the...

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Published in:IEEE internet computing p. 1
Main Authors: Padmanabhuni, Bindu, Tan, Hee Beng Kuan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019
Subjects:
Arrays
B Hardware
Buffer overflow
C Computer Systems Organization
C.2 Communication/Networking and Information Technology
Computer-supported cooperative work
D Software/Software Engineering
Database Reverse Engineering
database technology
Distance measurement
Encoding
H.3.5 Online Information Services
Hardware
I.4 Image Processing and Computer Vision
Internet applications
K.6.5 Security and Protection
mobile applications
Multimedia Information Systems
Pervasive computing
Program Verification
Security
software engineering
web applications
web programming
ISSN:1089-7801, 1941-0131
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Summary:Recent reports reveal that majority of security violations are caused by weaknesses in code. Buffer overflow vulnerability is the most severe of security violations. Though wide range of solutions from static analysis techniques to hardware modifications were proposed to tackle the vulnerability they either fail to address the large scope of the problem or have limitations preventing their use and adoption. In this article, we discuss well-known buffer overflow vulnerability exploit mechanisms followed by comprehensive study of proposals for defending from such exploits along with review of tools used for supporting the process.
ISSN:1089-7801
1941-0131
DOI:10.1109/MIC.2011.109