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Buffer overflow in C
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Writing more data into an array than it can hold can cause memory corruption and security vulnerabilities.

// Incorrect
char name[5];
strcpy(name, "John Doe"); // Buffer overflow

// Correct
char name[50];
strcpy(name, "John Doe");
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