Question

_____________ buffer overflows, which are more common among attackers.

(a) Memory-based

(b) Queue-based

(c) Stack-based

(d) Heap-based

The question was posed to me in an internship interview.

I want to ask this question from Buffer Overflow in division Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) Stack-based

For explanation: In the case of stack-based buffer overflows, which is very common among the two types of buffer-overflow; it exploits applications by flooding the stack: memory-space where users externally input the data.