Description: The emil mail filter utility has buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities that can be exploited locally and remotely, It may be possible to craft an email that exploits the ...

A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process attempts to write more data to a fixed-length block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. Buffers contain a defined amount of ...

Buffer overflow attacks can cause serious damage to an organization by enabling an attacker to assault an application and gain control of the corporate network. These attacks are far from new -- the ...

Buffer overflow problems always have been associated with security vulnerabilities. In the past, lots of security breaches have occurred due to buffer overflow. This article attempts to explain what ...