CWE-190
Overview
- CWE ID
- 190
- CWE Name
- Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Stable
Description
The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for res
Extended Description
An integer overflow or wraparound occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may wrap to become a very small or negative number. While this may be intende