General Information

User Controlled Memory Pointer Reference

Variants:
Direct 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Memory Management

Invented In:
01/01/1999

Added In:
24/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
User controlled input affects memory pointer in varying contexts, such as free, allocation, assignment.


Direct Variant:

User Controlled Memory Pointer Reference

Variant Title:
User Controlled Memory Pointer Reference

Typical Severity:
Major

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