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wAn attacker uses a program to try to cause
an application to store that input in a buffer
that isn’t large enough. The attacker’s data
overwrites portions of memory connected to
the buffer space. Attackers can use a buffer
overflow to modify a computer’s memory
and undermine or take control of program
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