CWE-789
Overview
- CWE ID
- 789
- CWE Name
- Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
- CWE Abstraction
- Variant
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.