A developer has written a function that pushes stored values in memory beyond the space originally set aside. Which outcome results from this approach?
Neighboring data is overwritten, causing system issues
Resource conflicts reduce due to memory paging
Libraries load to handle extra content usage
The application reuses memory segments to preserve operations
Writing beyond allocated memory modifies nearby data, often leading to corruption, instability, or exploitation risks. This condition, known as a buffer overflow, poses a greater threat than memory reuse or paging behaviors, which do not directly compromise memory integrity. The most critical concern is unintended modification of adjacent memory, which can be exploited or cause application failure.
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