Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

Properties

id: d3f:CWE-588

name
Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer
definition
Casting a non-structure type to a structure type and accessing a field can lead to memory access errors or data corruption.
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