In programming, detecting whether a variable is within given bounds before use
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In computer programming, bounds checking is any method of detecting whether a variable is within some bounds before it is used. It is usually used to ensure that a number fits into a given type (range checking), or that a variable being used as an array index is within the bounds of the array (index checking). A failed bounds check usually results in the generation of some sort of exception signal.
As performing bounds checking during each use can be time-consuming, it is not always done. Bounds-checking elimination is a compiler optimization technique that eliminates unneeded bounds checking.
In computer programming, boundschecking is any method of detecting whether a variable is within some bounds before it is used. It is usually used to...
buffer due to insufficient boundschecking.: 41 This can occur when copying data from one buffer to another without first checking that the data fits within...
over it. Other buffer overflow protection techniques include boundschecking, which checks accesses to each allocated block of memory so they cannot go...
pointers implemented as direct memory addresses with no provision for boundschecking, and thus are potentially memory-unsafe. Memory errors were first considered...
by introducing auxiliary code to perform memory management, boundschecking, input checking, etc. This is often done in the form of wrappers that make...
easy to implement dynamically allocated arrays and still have full boundschecking. Some computers had special indirect addressing modes for subfields...
client. It resulted from improper input validation (due to a missing boundscheck) in the implementation of the TLS heartbeat extension. Thus, the bug's...
data structures. Partial evaluation Bounds-checking elimination Many languages, such as Java, enforce boundschecking of all array accesses. This is a severe...
source of a byte-stream for debugging TCP network code for proper boundschecking and buffer management. It may also be a source of generic payload for...
the runtime library API, e.g. some logic errors, array boundschecking, dynamic type checking, exception handling, and possibly debugging functionality...
caused by buffer overflow attacks, which are enabled by the lack of boundschecking. Hardware vulnerabilities, some of them caused by CPU optimizations...
handhelds (when using the GPE display software). glibc does not implement bounds-checking interfaces defined in C11 and did not implement strlcpy and strlcat...
However, this problem also applies to conventional programs that lack boundschecking. Memory protection and various access controls generally safeguard...
common high-risk vulnerabilities may exist due to the use of: Non-bounds-checking functions (e.g., strcpy, sprintf, vsprintf, and sscanf) that could...