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DescriptionBuffer overflow basicexample.svg	English: A basic example of a buffer overflow. By writing 10 bytes of data into "A", which only has 8 bytes available, "B" is changed unintentionally. Français : Exemple basique de dépassement de tampon; en écrivant 10 bits dans la variable "A", alors qu'il ne fait qu'une taille de 8, "B" est modifié.
Date	24 April 2007
Source	Own work
Author	Self

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:47, 24 April 2007	502 × 253 (34 KB)	Interiot~commonswiki	fix minor spacing issue...
	23:46, 24 April 2007	502 × 253 (33 KB)	Interiot~commonswiki	→ doesn't render correctly in rsvg... use a path arrow instead
	23:41, 24 April 2007	502 × 253 (33 KB)	Interiot~commonswiki	oops, fix bounding rectangle
	23:40, 24 April 2007	744 × 1,052 (33 KB)	Interiot~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description=A basic example of a buffer overflow. By writing 10 bytes of data into "A", which only has 8 bytes available, "B" is changed unintentionally. \|Source=Self \|Date=April 24, 2007 \|Author=Self }} {{Created with Inkscape}}