Valgrind -- Memcheck: a memory error detector

Memcheck is a memory error detector. It can detect the following problems that are common in C and C++ programs.

 

Accessing memory you shouldn't, e.g. overrunning and underrunning heap blocks, overrunning the top of the stack, and accessing memory after it has been freed.

 

Using undefined values, i.e. values that have not been initialised, or that have been derived from other undefined values.

 

Incorrect freeing of heap memory, such as double-freeing heap blocks, or mismatched use of malloc/new/new[] versus free/delete/delete[]

 

Overlapping src and dst pointers in memcpy and related functions.

 

Memory leaks.

 

 

http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/mc-manual.html