Q. A __________ is a sequential segment of the memory location that is allocated for containing some data such as a character string or an array of integers.

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Q. In a _____________ attack, the extra data that holds some specific instructions in the memory for actions is projected by a cyber-criminal or penetration tester to crack the system.

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Q. How many types of buffer-overflow attack are there?

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Q. Let suppose a search box of an application can take at most 200 words, and you’ve inserted more than that and pressed the search button; the system crashes. Usually this is because of limited __________

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Q. ______________ is a widespread app’s coding mistake made by developers which could be exploited by an attacker for gaining access or malfunctioning your system.

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Q. Buffer-overflow is also known as ______________

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Q. Buffer-overflow may remain as a bug in apps if __________ are not done fully.

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Q. Applications developed by programming languages like ____ and ______ have this common buffer-overflow error.

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Q. Why apps developed in languages like C, C++ is prone to Buffer-overflow?

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Q. Old operating systems like _______ and NT-based systems have buffer-overflow attack a common vulnerability.

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Q. Buffer-overflow attack can take place if a machine can execute a code that resides in the data/stack segment.

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Q. Among the two types ____________buffer-overflow is complex to execute and the least common attack that may take place.

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Q. _____________ buffer overflows, which are more common among attackers.

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Q. With the lack of boundary check, the program ends abnormally and leads to ___________ error.

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Q. In an application that uses heap, the memory for data is allocated ____________

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Q. In an application that uses stack, the memory for data is allocated ____________

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Q. Malicious code can be pushed into the _________ during ______________ attack.

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Q. Variables that gets created dynamically when a function (such as malloc()) is called is created in the form of _______ data-structure.

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Q. How many primary ways are there for detecting buffer-overflow?

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Q. Testing for buffer-overflow in a system can be done manually and has two possible ways.

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