smash the stack
:smash the stack: n. [C programming] To corrupt the execution stack by
writing past the end of a local array or other data structure. Code that
smashes the stack can cause a return from the routine to jump to a
random address, resulting in some of the most insidious data-dependent
bugs known to mankind. Variants include `trash' the stack, scribble
the stack, mangle
the stack; the term ** mung
the stack is not used,
as this is never done intentionally. See spam
; see also {aliasing bug}
}, fandango on core
, memory leak
, memory smash
, {precedence lossage}
}, overrun screw
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