EC-Council
EC0-350 · Question #799
A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer (temporary data storage area) then it was intended to hold. What is the most common cause of buffer overflow…
The correct answer is D. Bad quality assurance on software produced. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer (temporary data storage area) then it was intended to hold. What is the most common cause of buffer overflow in software today?
Options
- ABad permissions on files.
- BHigh bandwidth and large number of users.
- CUsage of non standard programming languages.
- DBad quality assurance on software produced.
How the community answered
(56 responses)- A7% (4)
- B16% (9)
- C5% (3)
- D71% (40)
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