Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Properties

id: d3f:CWE-843

name
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
definition
The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
synonyms
Object Type Confusion
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