Description
The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
Potential Impact
- Confidentiality: Read Memory
- Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
- Integrity: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Detection Methods
- Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without havin...
- Automated Dynamic Analysis: Use tools that are integrated during
compilation to insert runtime error-checking mechanisms
related to memory safety errors, such as AddressSanitizer
(ASan) for C/C++ [REF-1518]....
Related Weaknesses
References
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