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Return-to-libc Attacks

Return-to-Libc Attacks is a code reuse exploit technique in software security that redirects program execution to existing library functions, particularly within libc, to bypass memory protection mechanisms such as non-executable stacks by leveraging legitimate code segments instead of injecting malicious code.

15

Publications

2.8K

Citations

35

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

Variants

Ret2libc

Parents

Publications

15

The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone

Hovav Shacham · 2007 · 1.3K citations

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Return-Oriented Programming

Ryan Roemer, Erik Buchanan, Hovav Shacham et al. · ACM Transactions on Information and System Security · 2012 · 497 citations · Full text

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When good instructions go bad

Erik Buchanan, Ryan Roemer, Hovav Shacham et al. · 2008 · 358 citations

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Q: Exploit Hardening Made Easy

Edward J. Schwartz, Thanassis Avgerinos, David Brumley · Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University) · 2018 · 186 citations

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Surgically Returning to Randomized lib(c)

Giampaolo Fresi Roglia, Lorenzo Martignoni, Roberto Paleari et al. · 2009 · 115 citations · Full text

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Authors

35

  1. HS
    Hovav Shacham

    University of California San Diego, United States

    4 publications · 2.2K citations

    4

    h-index

  2. EB
    Erik Buchanan

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 855 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. SJ
    Steve J. Chapin

    Syracuse University, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. RR
    Ryan Roemer

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 855 citations

    2

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  5. SS
    Stefan Savage

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 855 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

14

  1. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    78 citations

  3. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    147 citations

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València

    Valencia, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  5. Shijiazhuang Tiedao University

    Shijiazhuang, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Dublin City University

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. University of Milan

    Milan, Italy

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    345 citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Security & Privacy

    1 publications · 91 citations

    1

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  2. Journal of Computer Security

    1 publications · 22 citations

    1

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

    TDSC · 1 publications · 49 citations

    1

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  5. Applied Sciences

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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