Defending against heap overflow by using randomization in nested virtual clusters

Heap based buffer overflows are a dangerous class of vulnerability. One countermeasure is randomizing the location of heap memory blocks. Existing techniques segregate the address space into clusters, each of which is used exclusively for one block size. This approach requires a large amount of addr...

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Main Authors: TEY, Chee Meng, GAO, Debin
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2036
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3035/viewcontent/icics13.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English