Buffer Overflow | The Basics
Hi, welcome back to Devils Blog On Security, in this post we'll discus some basics about buffer overflows also known as buffer overruns. So before we discus what is buffer overflow or buffer overrun is we will have a look on what exactly is buffer. Computer stores information in form of bits, for example if you want to store number 3 in computer's memory it will be stored in its binary form which is 11, as you can see 11 will require 2 bits to get stored in memory that indirectly means the number 3 will require 2 bits of computer memory or 2 bits of buffer. In simple words buffer is amount of memory allocated for particular variable or element.