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theo

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The _________ is typically located above the program code and global data and grows up in memory (while the sack grows down toward it).
 
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_________ attacks can occur in a binary buffer copy when the programmer has included code to check the number of bytes being transferred, but due to a coding error, allows just one more byte to be copied than there is space available.
 
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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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