CWE-805: Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

BaseIncompleteExploit Likelihood: High

The product uses a sequential operation to read or write a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds of the buffer.

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Extended Description

When the length value exceeds the size of the destination, a buffer overflow could occur.

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