A buffer overflow or overrun is a memory safety issue where a program does not properly check the boundaries of an allocated fixed-length memory buffer and writes more data than it can hold. This ...

Like so much malware before it, the dreaded Conficker worm spreads primarily through a type of software bug called a “buffer overflow” — a class of vulnerability first mass-exploited by the Morris ...

The federal directive forbids vendors from shipping software with such flaws, and flags recent Microsoft, and Ivanti zero-days as examples. FBI and CISA have issued a joint advisory to warn software ...