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Windows: Memory page
Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
Pages can be marked as
non-executable
which prevents code to run in such pages.
With DEP, the possibility of explotation of buffer runs is reduced.
See also the
Data Execution Prevention
tab under
sysdm.cpl
-> Advanced -> Performance
.
State
The state of a page is one of
Free: not accessible to the
proces
.
Reserved: not accessible, no physical storage associated with it.
Committed: memory is allocated either in the RAM or in the paging file.
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