Identifying Security Vulnerabilities in C/C++Programming

UC Davis examines the behavior that makes native programs vulnerable. Privileges and environment variables lead into validation, numeric and buffer errors, files and concurrent access. The roughly twenty-three-hour course provides a security-focused continuation for learners who already read C or C++.

What you will learn

• Identify unsafe input and numeric operations.
• Explain how privileges and process context affect a program.
• Recognize file-access and concurrency conditions that create vulnerabilities.

Who this suits

Intermediate C or C++ learners interested in reviewing the security properties of native programs.

Before you enroll

Detailed prerequisites are not listed. Work only with your own code or an authorized exercise environment, and preserve a reproducible example when assessing a defect.

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Put it into practice

Review a small local input parser. Add boundary tests, document one unsafe assumption and compare the behavior before and after fixing it.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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