CWE-466: Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range

Description

A function can return a pointer to memory that is outside of the buffer that the pointer is expected to reference.

Submission Date :

July 19, 2006, midnight

Modification Date :

2023-06-29 00:00:00+00:00

Organization :

MITRE

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