Is Stack Exploitation still relevant in 2026, or has Heap taken over modern binary exploitation?
With modern exploit mitigations becoming more common such as ASLR, NX, PIE, and stack canaries, classic stack-based exploitation seems less straightforward than it used to be. In older systems, simple buffer overflows often led to direct control of execution flow, but in modern environments exploita
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