Cybersecurity: Lesson 5.13 - Application Vulnerabilities

Code execution in security attacks

Debugging and customization

Enhancing program functionality

Preventing buffer overflow attacks

A buffer is filled exactly to its capacity

Data overflows a buffer’s capacity, potentially overwriting adjacent memory

Memory is injected into a buffer to execute debugging commands

A race condition is created by multiple processes

Improperly locked shared memory

Insufficient buffer capacity

Excessive numeric values exceeding their limits

Unauthorized software updates

Official software repositories

Compromised servers or fake notifications

Open-source security patches

Encrypted data packets