Software security vulnerability
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In computer software a security vulnerability is a software bug that can be used deliberately to violate security.

Well known vulnerabilities include (but are not limited to)

• stack smashing and other buffer overflows
• format string bugs
• SQL Injection
• Cross-site Scripting
• Directory Traversal

See also: Exploit (software), computer security

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