CWE-680

Overview
  • CWE ID
  • 680
  • CWE Name
  • Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
  • CWE Abstraction
  • Compound
  • CWE structure
  • Chain
  • CWE Status
  • Draft
Description
The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, leading to a buffer overflow.
Extended Description
Related CWEs
CWE ID View ID Nature Ordinal
190 709 StartsWith
119 1000 ChildOf Primary