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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include "log_macros.h"

// BUG:  Invalid Read  ... after block … alloc'd

int* create_array_of_three_ints(int n1, int n2, int n3) {
    int num_numbers = 3;

    // Allocate a buffer (area of memory) on the heap sufficienit for 4 int's.
    int* numbers = malloc(sizeof(*numbers) * num_numbers);

    numbers[0] = n1;
    numbers[1] = n2;
    numbers[2] = n3;

    return numbers;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    int* numbers = create_array_of_three_ints(10, 11, 12);

    log_int( numbers[0] );
    log_int( numbers[1] );
    log_int( numbers[2] );
    log_int( numbers[3] );  // BUG:  Accessing outside the bounds of the buffer.

    // Free (deallocate) the buffer on the heap.
    free(numbers);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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