CWE-588—Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

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released 2006-12-15 · last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID：
CWE-588
摘要：
Variant
结构：
Simple
状态：
Incomplete
发布日期：
2006-12-15
更新日期：
2025-12-11

名称

Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

描述

Casting a non-structure type to a structure type and accessing a field can lead to memory access errors or data corruption.

常见后果

范围：
Integrity
影响：
Modify Memory
注释：
Adjacent variables in memory may be corrupted by assignments performed on fields after the cast.
范围：
Availability
影响：
DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
注释：
Execution may end due to a memory access error.

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