CWE-126

Buffer Over-read
AI Translation Available

The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

Status
draft
Abstraction
variant
C C++ Memory-Unsafe

Common Consequences

confidentiality availability integrity
Impacts
read memory bypass protection mechanism dos: crash, exit, or restart

Detection Methods

automated static analysis automated dynamic analysis

Potential Mitigations

Functional Areas

memory management