Question

How many types of buffer-overflow attack are there?

(a) 4

(b) 2

(c) 5

(d) 3

The question was posed to me in my homework.

The origin of the question is Buffer Overflow topic in chapter Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) 2

The explanation is: There are two different types of buffer-overflow attack. These are stack-based and heap-based buffer overflow. In both the cases, this type of exploit takes advantage of an application that waits for user’s input.