CWE-787

GPTKB entity

Statements (13)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Web
gptkbp:category CWE-787 is categorized under Memory Corruption.
gptkbp:description The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
gptkbp:difficulty_levels gptkb:High
gptkbp:example Writing past the end of an array.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CWE-787
gptkbp:impact Can lead to data corruption, crashes, or execution of malicious code.
gptkbp:name Out-of-bounds Write
gptkbp:prevention Use bounds checking to ensure writes are within the buffer limits.
gptkbp:related_to Buffer Overflow
Memory Safety
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CWE-745
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8