A developer has written a function that pushes stored values in memory beyond the space originally set aside. Which outcome results from this approach?
Resource conflicts reduce due to memory paging
The application reuses memory segments to preserve operations
Neighboring data is overwritten, causing system issues
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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