CWE-823
Overview
- CWE ID
- 823
- CWE Name
- Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Incomplete
Description
The program performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the resulting pointer.