Is it secure to use malloc?

Question

Somebody told me that allocating with malloc is not secure anymore, I\'m not a C/C++ guru but I\'ve made some stuff with malloc and C/C++. Does anyone know about what risks

Answer 1

In C++, there is no such problem if you stick to good conventions. In C, well, practice. Malloc itself is not an inherently insecure function at all - people simply can deal with it's results inadequately.