CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow

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.

Submission Date :

April 11, 2008, midnight

Modification Date :

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

Organization :

MITRE

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