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  1. smash the stackverb

    To corrupt the call stack, causing execution to jump to a random address, sometimes used as a malicious attack on a system.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. smash the stack

    [C programming] To corrupt the execution stack by writing past the end of a local array or other data structure. Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from the routine to jump to a random address, resulting in some of the most insidious data-dependent bugs known to mankind. Variants include trash the stack, scribble the stack, mangle the stack; the term **mung the stack is not used, as this is never done intentionally. See spam; see also aliasing bug, fandango on core, memory leak, memory smash, precedence lossage, overrun screw.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smash the stack in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smash the stack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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  • அடுக்கை நொறுக்குTamil
  • yığını parçalaTurkish

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