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Return-Oriented Programming (ROP)

An exploitation technique that chains together small fragments of a program's existing code, called gadgets, to perform arbitrary actions. It sidesteps protections that block injected shellcode by reusing code the program already contains.

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How a Heap Overflow in a Network Daemon Becomes Code Execution

A heap overflow in a network service is not just a crash. Here is how attackers turn corrupted memory into unauthenticated remote code execution, step by step.

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