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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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