Buffer Overflow Prevention

Buffer Overflow Prevention is a software security technique that belongs to the class of vulnerability mitigation strategies, specifically distinguished by its focus on detecting, blocking, or eliminating conditions that permit arbitrary memory overwrites due to unchecked data inputs exceeding allocated buffer bounds.

102

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7.1K

Citations

303

Authors

131

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Secure Coding PracticesSoftware Security EngineeringSystem Security

Publications

102

StackGuard: automatic adaptive detection and prevention of buffer-overflow attacks

Crispin Cowan, Calton Pu, Dave Maier et al. · PDXScholar (Portland State University) · 1998 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +13

On the effectiveness of address-space randomization

Hovav Shacham, Matthew J. Page, Ben Pfaff et al. · 2004 · 861 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +15

Buffer overflows: attacks and defenses for the vulnerability of the decade

Crispin Cowan, F. Wagle, Calton Pu et al. · 2002 · 372 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +11

Transparent run-time defense against stack smashing attacks

A. Baratloo, Navjot Singh, Timothy Tsai · 2000 · 295 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +16

RAD: a compile-time solution to buffer overflow attacks

Tzi‐cker Chiueh, Fu‐Hau Hsu · 2002 · 242 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +12

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Authors

303

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Steve Beattie
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, United States
4 publications · 2K citations
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Crispin Cowan
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, United States
4 publications · 2K citations
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Yves Younan
KU Leuven, Belgium
4 publications · 319 citations
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Edwin H.‐M. Sha
Chongqing University, China
3 publications · 172 citations
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Jonathan Walpole
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, United States
3 publications · 1.8K citations
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Institutions

131

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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
4 publications · 123 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
TDSC · 3 publications · 108 citations
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ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
2 publications · 68 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Computers
2 publications · 224 citations
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
2 publications · 62 citations
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