Which attack is commonly associated with C and C++ programming languages?

Which attack is commonly associated with C and C++ programming languages?
A . cross-site scripting
B . water holing
C . DDoS
D . buffer overflow

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Answer: D

Explanation:

A buffer overflow (or buffer overrun) occurs when the volume of data exceeds the storage capacity of the memory buffer. As a result, the program attempting to write the data to the buffer overwrites adjacent memory locations.

Buffer overflow is a vulnerability in low level codes of C and C++. An attacker can cause the program to crash, make data corrupt, steal some private information or run his/her own code. It basically means to access any buffer outside of it’s alloted memory space. This happens quite frequently in the case of arrays.