CAPEC-123MetaDraft
Buffer Manipulation
An adversary manipulates an application's interaction with a buffer in an attempt to read or modify data they shouldn't have access to. Buffer attacks are distinguished in that it is the buffer space itself that is the target of the attack rather than any code responsible for interpreting the content of the buffer. In virtually all buffer attacks the content that is placed in the buffer is immaterial. Instead, most buffer attacks involve retrieving or providing more input than can be stored in the allocated buffer, resulting in the reading or overwriting of other unintended program memory.
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By default, the affected code is not executed unless one of the following conditions is met:
LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS (default ON) is manually set to OFF in CMake.
LWS_WITH_HTTP_STREAM_COMPRESSION (default OFF) is manually set to ON in CMake.
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