Return-to-libc attack

Return-to-libc attack - computer security attack in which a subroutine return address on a call stack is replaced by an address of a subroutine already present in executable memory, bypassing the no-execute bit. Article “Return-to-libc attack” in English Wikipedia has 14.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.75 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Return-to-libc attack”, its content was written by 65 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 159 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 25 times in English Wikipedia and cited 128 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #24392 in August 2005
• Global: #58609 in June 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #147920 in March 2010
• Global: #208331 in March 2010

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		14.2096
2	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		12.7877
3	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		12.3207
4	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		12.0759
5	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		11.6475
6	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		11.329
7	German (de) Return into libc		10.0765
8	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		8.5473
9	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		7.9651
10	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		3.192

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Return-to-libc attack" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		424 536
2	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		44 413
3	German (de) Return into libc		37 028
4	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		27 697
5	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		16 287
6	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		14 399
7	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		11 117
8	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		3 959
9	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		3 403
10	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		508

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Return-to-libc attack" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		1 451
2	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		94
3	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		83
4	German (de) Return into libc		77
5	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		46
6	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		35
7	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		26
8	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		6
9	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		6
10	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Return-to-libc attack" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		65
2	German (de) Return into libc		22
3	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		21
4	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		13
5	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		11
6	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		8
7	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		6
8	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		6
9	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		5
10	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Return-to-libc attack" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		1
2	German (de) Return into libc		0
3	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		0
4	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		0
5	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		0
6	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		0
8	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		0
9	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		0
10	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Return-to-libc attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) Return-to-libc攻撃		56
2	English (en) Return-to-libc attack		25
3	Korean (ko) Return-to-libc 공격		11
4	Russian (ru) Атака возврата в библиотеку		11
5	Chinese (zh) Return-to-libc攻击		10
6	Ukrainian (uk) Атака повернення в бібліотеку		5
7	German (de) Return into libc		4
8	French (fr) Return-to-libc attack		4
9	Polish (pl) Return-to-libc attack		2
10	Portuguese (pt) Return-to-libc attack		0

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#	Language	Value
de	German Return into libc
en	English Return-to-libc attack
fr	French Return-to-libc attack
ja	Japanese Return-to-libc攻撃
ko	Korean Return-to-libc 공격
pl	Polish Return-to-libc attack
pt	Portuguese Return-to-libc attack
ru	Russian Атака возврата в библиотеку
uk	Ukrainian Атака повернення в бібліотеку
zh	Chinese Return-to-libc攻击

Best Rank

English: #147920 03.2010

Global: #208331 03.2010

Best Rank

English: #24392 08.2005

Global: #58609 06.2013

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