ConceptHeap Spraying
Heap Spraying
Heap spraying is an exploitation technique in which an attacker allocates large amounts of specially crafted data in heap memory to increase the probability that a particular address will be hit, thereby helping to achieve controllable code execution.
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Oct 16
In kernel scenarios, successfully exploiting a vulnerability requires breaking through multiple layers of mitigations such as KASLR, SMEP, SMAP, and stack protection, and often requires building a complete exploit chain with techniques such as heap spraying, ROP, or data-oriented attacks.
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