Buffer Overflow
A detailed explanation of what is meant by the term Buffer Overflow, from numerous different sources of which I cannot remember. By Karn165 on August 6th 2003 A detailed explanation of what is meant by the term Buffer Overflow, from numerous different sources of which I cannot remember. By Karn165 on August 6th 2003 The condition wherein the data transferred to a buffer exceeds the storage capacity of the buffer and some of the data “overflows” into another buffer, one that the data was not intended to go into.