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A theory of secure control flow

Abadi et al., 2005

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12324133742810331553
Author
Abadi M
Budiu M
Erlingsson U
Ligatti J
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International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods

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Abstract Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) means that the execution of a program dynamically follows only certain paths, in accordance with a static policy. CFI can prevent attacks that, by exploiting buffer overflows and other vulnerabilities, attempt to control program behavior …
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