CWE-469: Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size
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The product subtracts one pointer from another in order to determine size, but this calculation can be incorrect if the pointers do not exist in the same memory chunk.
What the weakness is: CWE-469 at MITRE. All weaknesses
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Explain CWE-469: Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/469.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/469?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.Opens a third-party assistant; its answer is its own, not cve.bz's. The prompt holds only this weakness's id and public links.
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