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Heap overflow

Known as: Heap, Heap exploit, Overflow 
A heap overflow is a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different manner to that of stack… Expand
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Attack (computing)Buffer overflowCode segmentExecutable space protection
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2013
2013
Query-directed adaptive heap cloning for optimizing compilers
Andersen's pointer analysis becomes more precise when applied with full heap cloning but unscalable for large, heap-intensive… Expand
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2011
2011
SPH modelling of fluid at the grain level in a porous medium
Abstract Computational modelling of the flow of fluids in porous media has traditionally been at a macroscopic level where the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
DieHarder: securing the heap
Heap-based attacks depend on a combination of memory management error and an exploitable memory allocator. Many allocators… Expand
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2010
2010
Diagnosing memory leaks using graph mining on heap dumps
Memory leaks are caused by software programs that prevent the reclamation of memory that is no longer in use. They can cause… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Engineering Heap Overflow Exploits with JavaScript
This paper presents a new technique for exploiting heap overflows in JavaScript interpreters. Briefly, given a heap overflow… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Making context-sensitive points-to analysis with heap cloning practical for the real world
Context-sensitive pointer analysis algorithms with full "heapcloning" are powerful but are widely considered to be too expensive… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A Logic of Reachable Patterns in Linked Data-Structures
We define a new decidable logic for expressing and checking invariants of programs that manipulate dynamically-allocated objects… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
PointGuard™: Protecting Pointers from Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Despite numerous security technologies crafted to resist buffer overflow vulnerabilities, buffer overflows continue to be the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The effect of bottom substrate on inherent optical properties: Evidence of biogeochemical processes
Measurements of inherent optical properties (IOP) were conducted over bottoms with different substrates by use of a sampling… Expand
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1997
1997
Two new methods for simulating photolithography development in 3D
Two methods are presented for simulating the development of photolithographic profiles during the resist dissolution phase. These… Expand
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