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# Dangerous functions

The following functions are known to be vulnerable to buffer overflows:

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[gets](/pwn/stack-exploitation/stack-buffer-overflow/dangerous-functions/gets.md)
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[memcpy](/pwn/stack-exploitation/stack-buffer-overflow/dangerous-functions/memcpy.md)
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[sprintf](/pwn/stack-exploitation/stack-buffer-overflow/dangerous-functions/sprintf.md)
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[strcat](/pwn/stack-exploitation/stack-buffer-overflow/dangerous-functions/strcat.md)
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[strcpy](/pwn/stack-exploitation/stack-buffer-overflow/dangerous-functions/strcpy.md)
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