Can AQTime detect buffer overrun in C/C++ code?
E.g. strcpy where the destination is too short for the string being copied. Thanks, Matthew
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Hi Matthew,
You may ask Support directly using this form http://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=AQtime and referencing this thread.
I will appreciate if you let us know their answer.
Hi Alex,
I consulted AQTime support as you suggested. The comeuppance seems to be (quoting from one of the emails I received) "AQtime can detect buffer overruns' negative side effects, i.e. stack corruptions, not the overruns themselves.".
I have intepreted this as meaning: if an overrun only goes into an adjacent char array then it wont be detected; if it corrupts the stack AQTime can be used to investigate the overrun.
Regards, Matthew
Hi Matthew,
Thank you a lot for the update. Much appreciated.
Just wondering, what tool do you use to create a code? I am far not C/C++ expert, but I remember that there is some compiler option for MS compiler that inserts some signature on memory allocation and asserts its value during runtime.
Any reason why it cannot be used? (At least for the debug builds?)