Category: SFP Secondary Cluster: Faulty Memory Release
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Summary
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Faulty Memory Release cluster (SFP12).
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-415 | Double Free | A double free vulnerability occurs when a program mistakenly calls the 'free()' function twice on the same block of memory. |
| CWE-590 | Free of Memory not on the Heap | This vulnerability occurs when a program calls free() on a memory pointer that wasn't originally allocated using standard heap functions like malloc(), calloc(), or realloc(). |
| CWE-761 | Free of Pointer not at Start of Buffer | This vulnerability occurs when a program incorrectly frees a memory pointer that no longer points to the beginning of the allocated heap buffer, often due to pointer arithmetic. |
| CWE-763 | Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference | This vulnerability occurs when a program tries to free a memory resource back to the system but uses an incorrect deallocation method or calls the correct method improperly. |
| CWE-888 | Software Fault Pattern (SFP) Clusters | CWE identifiers in this view are associated with clusters of Software Fault Patterns (SFPs). |
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage: Prohibited
Reasons: Category
Rationale:
This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
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