CWE-468—Incorrect Pointer Scaling
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released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2025-12-11
Metadata
- CWE ID：
- CWE-468
- 摘要：
- Base
- 结构：
- Simple
- 状态：
- Incomplete
- 发布日期：
- 2006-07-19
- 更新日期：
- 2025-12-11
名称
Incorrect Pointer Scaling
描述
In C and C++, one may often accidentally refer to the wrong memory due to the semantics of when math operations are implicitly scaled.
常见后果
- 范围：
- Confidentiality, Integrity
- 影响：
- Read Memory, Modify Memory
- 注释：
- Incorrect pointer scaling will often result in buffer overflow conditions. Confidentiality can be compromised if the weakness is in the context of a buffer over-read or under-read.