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double free

double free noun: the situation where a program attempts to free a previously allocated resource more than once, potentially resulting in undefined behaviour that may be exploited by an attacker.

Noun

double free

  1. The situation where a program attempts to free a previously allocated resource more than once, potentially resulting in undefined behaviour that may be exploited by an attacker.

Questions about double free

What does double free mean?
Double free means the situation where a program attempts to free a previously allocated resource more than once, potentially resulting in undefined behaviour that may be exploited by an attacker.
What part of speech is double free?
Double free is a noun.

Words near double free in the dictionary

  1. double flashes
  2. double flat
  3. double flats
  4. double foolscap
  5. double foolscaps
  6. double free
  7. double fugue
  8. double fugues
  9. double full
  10. double fulls
  11. double glazing

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