CS208 Introduction to Computer Systems
Monday, 3 November 2025

+ Buffer overflow assignment
- ret vs. jmp
    just use ret (push an address, then invoke ret)

+ Lab


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https://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html

Buffer overflow incidents
- Morris Worm (1988)
- Code Red (2001)
- Blaster Worm (2003)
- Slammer Worm (2003)
- WannaCry, NotPetya (2017) (Microsoft's SMB)
- Heartbleed (2014) (similar to buffer overflow)
- Adobe Flash Player (many)
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