CWE-587—Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer
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released 2006-12-15 · last modified 2025-12-11
Metadata
- CWE ID：
- CWE-587
- 摘要：
- Variant
- 结构：
- Simple
- 状态：
- Draft
- 发布日期：
- 2006-12-15
- 更新日期：
- 2025-12-11
名称
Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer
描述
The product sets a pointer to a specific address other than NULL or 0.
Using a fixed address is not portable, because that address will probably not be valid in all environments or platforms.
常见后果
- 范围：
- Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability
- 影响：
- Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
- 注释：
- If one executes code at a known location, an attacker might be able to inject code there beforehand.
- 范围：
- Availability
- 影响：
- DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Reduce Maintainability, Reduce Reliability
- 注释：
- If the code is ported to another platform or environment, the pointer is likely to be invalid and cause a crash.
- 范围：
- Confidentiality, Integrity
- 影响：
- Read Memory, Modify Memory
- 注释：
- The data at a known pointer location can be easily read or influenced by an attacker.