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CWE-786: Access of Memory Location Before Start of Buffer

ID CWE-786
Abstraction Base
Structure Simple
Status Incomplete
Number of CVEs 8
Detail Dashboard Vulnerabilities Web & Social
The product reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.

This typically occurs when a pointer or its index is decremented to a position before the buffer, when pointer arithmetic results in a position before the beginning of the valid memory location, or when a negative index is used.

Relationships

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# ID View Status # ID Name Abstraction Structure Status
CWE-1000 Research Concepts Draft CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Class Simple Stable
CWE-1305 CISQ Quality Measures (2020) Incomplete CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Class Simple Stable
CWE-1340 CISQ Data Protection Measures Incomplete CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Class Simple Stable

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