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smash the stack
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n. [C programming] To corrupt the execution stack by writing past the end of
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a local array or other data structure. Code that smashes the stack can cause
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a return from the routine to jump to a random address, resulting in some of
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the most insidious data-dependent bugs known to mankind. Variants include
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trash the stack, scribble the stack, mangle the stack; the term ** mung the
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stack is not used, as this is never done intentionally. See spam ; see also
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aliasing bug , fandango on core , memory leak , memory smash , precedence
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lossage , overrun screw.
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