#include #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // Reserve 5 byte of buffer plus the terminating NULL. // should allocate 8 bytes = 2 double words, // To overflow, need more than 8 bytes... char buffer[5]; // If more than 8 characters input // by user, there will be access // violation, segmentation fault // a prompt how to execute the program... if (argc < 2) { printf("strcpy() NOT executed....\n"); printf("Syntax: %s \n", argv[0]); exit(0); } // copy the user input to mybuffer, without any // bound checking a secure version is srtcpy_s() strcpy(buffer, argv[1]); printf("buffer content= %s\n", buffer); // you may want to try strcpy_s() printf("strcpy() executed...\n"); return 0; }