Separated Control and Data Stacks to Mitigate Buffer Overflow Exploits

Despite the fact that protection mechanisms like StackGuard, ASLR and NX are widespread, the development on new defense strategies against stack-based buffer overflows has not yet come to an end. In this article, we present a novel compiler-level protection called SCADS: Separated Control and Data S...

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Main Authors: Christopher Kugler, Tilo Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2015-10-01
Series:EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety
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Online Access:http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.5-10-2015.150477