[C programming] To corrupt the execution stack by writing past the
end of a local array or other data structure. Code that smashes the
stack can cause a return from the routine to jump to a random
address, resulting in some of the most insidious data-dependent bugs
known to mankind. Variants include trash the stack, {scribble} the
stack, {mangle} the stack; the term **{mung} the stack is not used,
as this is never done intentionally. See {spam}; see also {aliasing
bug}, {fandango on core}, {memory leak}, {memory smash}, {precedence
lossage}, {overrun screw}.
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