w00w00 on Heap Overflows

Published: Apr 08, 2000
Updated: Apr 08, 2000
Section: Network Security Library :: Auditing
Author: Matt Conover
Company: w00w00 Security Development
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This article should provide the following: a better understanding of heap-based overflows along with several methods of exploitation, demonstrations, and some possible solutions/fixes. Prerequisites to this article: a general understanding of computer architecture, assembly, C, and stack overflows.

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