CWE-463
Overview
- CWE ID
- 463
- CWE Name
- Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Incomplete
Description
The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.
Extended Description
Often times data-structure sentinels are used to mark structure of the data structure. A common example of this is the null character at the end of strings. Another common example is linked lists which may contain a sentinel to mark the end of the list. I