Small introduction to ROP and format string

As the title indicates, this is a very small introduction to return oriented programing (ROP) and format strings for people that don't yet know what this techniques are and what they are used for.

This post is meant for people willing to understand what this 2 exploitation techniques are so experts will get bored only seeing the title :).



Return Oriented Programming from picoCTF on Vimeo.
Format String Vulnerabilities from picoCTF on Vimeo.

And here is a link to a basic small tutorial for ROP.