CWE-588: Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer
Description
Casting a non-structure type to a structure type and accessing a field can lead to memory access errors or data corruption.
Submission Date :
Dec. 15, 2006, midnight
Modification Date :
2023-10-26 00:00:00+00:00
Organization :
MITRE
Example Vulnerable Codes
Example - 1
The following example demonstrates the weakness.
int i;
*foo = (struct foo *)main;foo->i = 2;return foo->i;struct foo{}...int main(int argc, char **argv){}Related Weaknesses
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