CWE-588 Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

variant

Casting a non-structure type to a structure type and accessing a field can lead to memory access errors or data corruption.

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parent weaknesses

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vulnerabilities (4)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2021-3319UScritical9.8—
DOS: Incorrect 802154 Frame Validation for Omitted Source / Dest Addresses. Zephyr versions >= > v2.4.0 contain NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), Attempt to Access Child of a Non…
CVE-2021-3510UShigh7.5—
Zephyr JSON decoder incorrectly decodes array of array. Zephyr versions >= >1.14.0, >= >2.5.0 contain Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer (CWE-588). For more informa…
CVE-2024-50178USmedium5.5—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: loongson3: Use raw_smp_processor_id() in do_service_request() Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of p…
CVE-2026-21692US——
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versio…
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