Question

Which type of application vulnerability can refer to software flaws associated with the timing or order of events within a software program, which can cause undesirable or unpredictable outcomes through manipulation?

answer

Race conditions


Buffer overflow


Malicious update


Memory injection

Answer 1

Race conditions

Explanation: Race conditions arise from flaws in the timing or order of events (e.g., concurrent access or TOCTOU issues), allowing attackers to manipulate execution to produce incorrect or unpredictable behavior.