Buffer Overflow
What is Buffer Overflow?
A software vulnerability that occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer than it can hold, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Buffer overflows are among the most common and dangerous security flaws.
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What the standards actually require on buffer overflow
Requirements naming buffer overflow across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
Networks, systems and applications are to be monitored for anomalous behaviour, with appropriate steps taken to evaluate possible information security incidents. Purpose: spot abnormal behaviour and possible incidents.
iso-27002-2022::8.16 · Monitoring activities →Applications, including web applications facing the internet, are tested against known attack types such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting and buffer overflow before implementation and after significant change.
ffiec-cybersecurity-assessment-tool-cat::D3.PC.Se.Int.2 · D3.PC.Se.Int.2 Secure Coding (Intermediate 2) →Intermediate control principles for secure development (required, with baseline, of an AI whose inherent risk is medium). Processes mitigate vulnerabilities found during secure development;
hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::3.4.I · 3.4 Secure development: intermediate level →If a design, modelling or programming notation or language is used, its selection shall consider an unambiguous syntax and semantics, support for modularity, abstraction and encapsulation, structured constructs, secure design and implementation techniques, int...
iso-sae-21434::RQ-10-04 · [RQ-10-04] Criteria for design, modelling and programming languages →Questions people ask about buffer overflow
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