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title: "What is the use of having a stack based buffer overrun detection?"  
description: "What is the use of having a stack based buffer overrun detection?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-11-04  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1312/what-is-the-use-of-having-a-stack-based-buffer-overrun-detection  
category: "visual c++"  
tags: ["visual c++"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the use of having a stack based buffer overrun detection?

The stack based buffer over run detection helps in avoiding the program from executing malicious code. The epilogue code implements the various checks aimed at having the stack based checks. This avoids the data corruption. The VC++ 2005 and above have the feature.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

The stack based buffer over run detection helps in avoiding the program from executing malicious code. The epilogue code implements the various checks aimed at having the stack based checks. This avoids the data corruption. The VC++ 2005 and above have the feature.


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