[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the PDF referenced in Excerpt at post #3.....

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Conclusion

These flaws are not as common as the stack or heap overflow, but when found, they are certainly more reliable to exploit.

This is yet another weapon to add to an attacker's arsenal. In this case, prevention is fairly simple.

Vendors, take note.

[OneWingedShark]

Those (stack/heap overflow errors) are easily prevented as well... by using a language that uses bounds-checking.