ISACA Exam Questions

Buffer overflow aims primarily at corrupting:

Buffer overflow aims primarily at corrupting:

A. system processor

B. network firewall

C. system memory

D. disk storage

E. None of the choices.

Explanation:

A buffer overflow is an anomalous condition where a process attempts to store data beyond the boundaries of a fixed length buffer. The result is that the extra data overwrites adjacent memory locations. The overwritten data may include other buffers, variables and program flow data.