CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

BaseDraft

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

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Extended Description

This can happen in signed and unsigned cases.

Technical Details

Structure
Simple

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