Description
The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.
Extended Description
Often times data-structure sentinels are used to mark structure of the data structure. A common example of this is the null character at the end of strings. Another common example is linked lists which may contain a sentinel to mark the end of the list. It is dangerous to allow this type of control data to be easily accessible. Therefore, it is important to protect from the deletion or modification outside of some wrapper interface which provides safety.
CVE vulnerabilities with CWE-463 (3)
8.2
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2024-31474
pub. 2024-05-14
8.2
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2024-31475
pub. 2024-05-14
5.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-13318
pub. 2025-01-10