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Dangling pointer

Known as: Use-after-free, Dangling pointers, Wild reference 
Dangling pointers and wild pointers in computer programming are pointers that do not point to a valid object of the appropriate type. These are… Expand
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AddressSanitizerAutomatic Reference CountingBoehm–Demers–Weiser Garbage CollectorBuffer overflow
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Preventing Use-after-free with Dangling Pointers Nullification
Many system components and network applications are written in languages that are prone to memory corruption vulnerabilities… Expand
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
FreeSentry: protecting against use-after-free vulnerabilities due to dangling pointers
Use-after-free vulnerabilities have become an important class of security problems due to the existence of mitigations that… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Undangle: early detection of dangling pointers in use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities
Use-after-free vulnerabilities are rapidly growing in popularity, especially for exploiting web browsers. Use-after-free (and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Using surface velocities to calculate ice thickness and bed topography: a case study at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA
Information about glacier volume and ice thickness distribution is essential for many glaciological applications, but direct… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cling: A Memory Allocator to Mitigate Dangling Pointers
Use-after-free vulnerabilities exploiting so-called dangling pointers to deallocated objects are just as dangerous as buffer… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Inclusion of biomass burning in WRF-Chem: impact of wildfires on weather forecasts
Abstract. A plume rise algorithm for wildfires was included in WRF-Chem, and applied to look at the impact of intense wildfires… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Evaluation of marine algae as a source of biogas in a two-stage anaerobic reactor system.
Abstract The marine algae are considered an important biomass source; however, their utilization as energy source is still low… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Community structure and nutrition of deep methane‐seep macrobenthos from the North Pacific (Aleutian) Margin and the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Escarpment)
Methane seeps occur at depths extending to over 7000 m along the world's continental margins, but there is little information… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Efficiently Detecting All Dangling Pointer Uses in Production Servers
In this paper, we propose a novel technique to detect all dangling pointer uses at run-time that is efficient enough for… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cognitive, physical, sensory, and functional affordances in interaction design
In reaction to Norman's (1999) essay on misuse of the term affordance in human-computer interaction literature, this article is a… Expand
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