恶意软件的一种常见攻击类型，所谓的缓冲区溢出攻击，会使接受输入的程序崩溃，如web浏览器的地址栏或数据库的搜索窗口。

One common type of malware, called a buffer overflow attack, overwhelms programs that accept input, like the address line in a Web browser or a search window for a database.

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例如，为了获取输入，我们可能需要指定文件或设备作为信息来源，并且要把地址和内存缓冲区的长度放到输入读取的位置。

For example, to get input, we may need to specify the file or device to use as the source, and the address and length of the memory buffer into which the input should be read.

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