Here are some common reasons why programs and applications may be vulnerable to buffer overflows:
cases, not done at all by the programmer. This
allows writing beyond the allocated buffer size.
1. Lack of input validation and sanitization: Programmers often fail to validate user input before using it. Malformed or excessive input is not checked, allowing a buffer overflow.
Use of unsafe functions like strcpy(), sprintf()
that do not perform boundary checks.
2. Use of unsafe functions: Functions like strcpy(), sprintf() are commonly used but do not perform boundary checks of the destination buffer. This can lead to buffer overflows.
Programmers assume input will be within
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