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C compilers may silently discard some wraparound checks

🗓️ 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00Reported by CERTType 
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Some C compilers optimize away pointer arithmetic overflow tests, leading to potential buffer overflows. Developers should use casts and avoid affected compiler implementations to mitigate this vulnerability

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08 Oct 2008 14:13Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
c compilerspointer arithmeticbuffer overflowsundefined behaviorcastsvulnerable applicationscompiler optimizations
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