CWE-588: Accessing a Field Through a Non-Structure Pointer Cast
Cast a plain variable to a struct and write to its fields, and you corrupt whatever sits next to it in memory. How CWE-588 happens and how to avoid it.
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Cast a plain variable to a struct and write to its fields, and you corrupt whatever sits next to it in memory. How CWE-588 happens and how to avoid it.
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