Attempting to copy a larger string value into the destination array using strcpy causes the copy to overflow the destination array beginning with the memory area immediately following the last array element.

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strcpy does not check the size of the destination array, so if the source string is larger than the destination array, it will continue to copy bytes into memory beyond the array, causing an overflow.

Attempting to Copy a Larger String Value into the Destination