Memory debugger

A memory debugger is a programming tool for finding memory leaks and buffer overflows. These are symptoms for design mistakes or programming errors. See Purify article for more information about memory access error detection.

Examples:

• AntiC
• boehm-gc (the garbage collector can be used to find leaks)
• dmalloc
• Dynamic Leak Check
• Electric Fence
• Fence It
• JProbe™
• libcwd
• MemCheck
• Memwatch
• mpatrol memory handling library
• NJAMD
• Parasoft's Insure++
• Purify
• SPlint
• Valgrind

See also

• Bounds checker
• Computer programming
• Core Dump
• Debugger
• Flaw detection
• Software testing
• Software engineering

References

• a list of memory error detection tools: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/zorn/public_html/MallocDebug.html