CWE-761: Free of Pointer not at Start of Buffer
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The product calls free() on a pointer to a memory resource that was allocated on the heap, but the pointer is not at the start of the buffer.
What the weakness is: CWE-761 at MITRE. All weaknesses
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Explain CWE-761: Free of Pointer not at Start of Buffer and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/761.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/761?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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