CWE-464—Addition of Data Structure Sentinel

名称

Addition of Data Structure Sentinel

描述

The accidental addition of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

Data-structure sentinels are often used to mark the structure of data. A common example of this is the null character at the end of strings or a special sentinel to mark the end of a linked list. It is dangerous to allow this type of control data to be easily accessible. Therefore, it is important to protect from the addition or modification of sentinels.

常见后果

范围：

Integrity

影响：

Modify Application Data

注释：

Generally this error will cause the data structure to not work properly by truncating the data.

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