CWE-588

Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

Casting a non-structure type to a structure type and accessing a field can lead to memory access errors or data corruption.

CVE-2021-3319 (GCVE-0-2021-3319)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-05 20:50
Modified
2024-09-16 22:14
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference ()
  • CWE-588 - Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer ()
Summary
DOS: Incorrect 802154 Frame Validation for Omitted Source / Dest Addresses. Zephyr versions >= > v2.4.0 contain NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer (CWE-588). For more information, see https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-94jg-2p6q-5364
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zephyrproject-rtos zephyr Version: > v2.4.0   < unspecified
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CVE-2021-3510 (GCVE-0-2021-3510)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-05 20:50
Modified
2024-09-16 19:04
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-588 - Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer ()
Summary
Zephyr JSON decoder incorrectly decodes array of array. Zephyr versions >= >1.14.0, >= >2.5.0 contain Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer (CWE-588). For more information, see https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-289f-7mw3-2qf4
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zephyrproject-rtos zephyr Version: >1.14.0   < unspecified
Version: >2.5.0   < unspecified
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Mitigation

Phase: Requirements

Description:

  • The choice could be made to use a language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Mitigation

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • Review of type casting operations can identify locations where incompatible types are cast.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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