Fundamentals of buffer overflow attacks and detection techniques

Fundamentals of buffer overflow attacks and detection techniques | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 21 July 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Fundamentals of buffer overflow attacks and detection techniques Author : Bogdan Barchuk 0009-0000-5573-136X [email protected] Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175312431.19673008/v1 Published World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews Version of record Peer review timeline 540 views 191 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Buffer overflows remain a major security risk to software. The article presents the fundamentals of finding buffer overflow weaknesses and methods of analyzing them. Manual and automated fuzzing approaches allow the discovery of possible instances of the stack overflow attack. Immunity Debugger aids in discovering crashes, scrutinizing register clusters, and precisely determining the point at which buffer overflows occur within the memory of a program. Other approaches for identifying and eliminating such "badbytes" are also addressed. The study addresses approaches for bypassing the security measures implemented in contemporary OSs such as ASLR and DEP. This paper provides scripts and case studies allowing security experts and researchers to effectively locate, characterize, and remove far more vulnerabilities related to buffer overflows in many software systems. Supplementary Material File (fundamentals of buffer overflow attacks and detection techniques.pdf) Download 694.85 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 21 July 2025 Peer review timeline Published World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews Version of Record 30 May 2025 Published Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords aslr bypass buffer overflow debugger analysis exploit development shellcode injection Authors Affiliations Bogdan Barchuk 0009-0000-5573-136X [email protected] View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 540 views 191 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Bogdan Barchuk. Fundamentals of buffer overflow attacks and detection techniques. Authorea . 21 July 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175312431.19673008/v1 If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download. For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu . 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