Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Allowed

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

3895 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-86HH-VF96-78CW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-13 18:30
VLAI
Details

Bridge versions 15.0.3, 14.1.6 and earlier are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-43547"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-13T18:15:40Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Bridge versions 15.0.3, 14.1.6 and earlier are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
  "id": "GHSA-86hh-vf96-78cw",
  "modified": "2025-05-13T18:30:59Z",
  "published": "2025-05-13T18:30:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43547"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb25-44.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-86WC-3F6V-CHH4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-13 18:31 – Updated: 2024-08-13 18:31
VLAI
Details

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-38144"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-13T18:15:18Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-86wc-3f6v-chh4",
  "modified": "2024-08-13T18:31:16Z",
  "published": "2024-08-13T18:31:16Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38144"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38144"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8724-5XMM-W5XQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-24 17:37 – Updated: 2025-07-28 15:52
VLAI
Summary
CosmWasm affected by arithmetic overflows
Details

Some mathematical operations in cosmwasm-std use wrapping math instead of panicking on overflow for very big numbers. This can lead to wrong calculations in contracts that use these operations.

Affected functions:

  • Uint{256,512}::pow / Int{256,512}::pow
  • Int{256,512}::neg

Affected if overflow-checks = true is not set:

  • Uint{64,128}::pow / Int{64,128}::pow
  • Int{64,128}::neg
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "cosmwasm-std"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.3.0"
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      },
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              "introduced": "2.0.0"
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              "fixed": "2.0.2"
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          ],
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    "CVE-2024-58263"
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    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "Some mathematical operations in `cosmwasm-std` use wrapping math instead of panicking on overflow for very big numbers. This can lead to wrong calculations in contracts that use these operations.\n\nAffected functions:\n\n- `Uint{256,512}::pow` / `Int{256,512}::pow`\n- `Int{256,512}::neg`\n\nAffected if `overflow-checks = true` is not set:\n\n- `Uint{64,128}::pow` / `Int{64,128}::pow`\n- `Int{64,128}::neg`",
  "id": "GHSA-8724-5xmm-w5xq",
  "modified": "2025-07-28T15:52:31Z",
  "published": "2024-04-24T17:37:59Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/commit/607e7fc710fb9441096e8edbaa12879b552c8f65"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/commit/a6a639e09adc355b5f889a09141649005cb08a46"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/commit/eff79bcbe73b61178817aacf0a6449437adad6a9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CosmWasm/advisories/blob/main/CWAs/CWA-2024-002.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0338.html"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CosmWasm affected by arithmetic overflows"
}

GHSA-87CQ-CCH6-5FF8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:43 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:43
VLAI
Details

An integer overflow error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero via specially crafted NOKIARAW file (Note: This vulnerability is caused due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2018-5804).

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-5816"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2018-12-07T22:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An integer overflow error within the \"identify()\" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero via specially crafted NOKIARAW file (Note: This vulnerability is caused due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2018-5804).",
  "id": "GHSA-87cq-cch6-5ff8",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:43:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:43:21Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/1d8d1b452e5dc74033ee9f846081a0efb616cc39"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83507"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3838-1"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-87HQ-XFH2-739C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-04 03:31 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:21
VLAI
Details

In wlan firmware, there is possible system crash due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07664735; Issue ID: ALPS07664735.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-20690"
  ],
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    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-07-04T02:15:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In wlan firmware, there is possible system crash due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07664735; Issue ID: ALPS07664735.",
  "id": "GHSA-87hq-xfh2-739c",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T05:21:21Z",
  "published": "2023-07-04T03:31:55Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20690"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/July-2023"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-87RF-M79Q-QQQF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:31 – Updated: 2022-06-16 00:00
VLAI
Details

In libass 0.14.0, the ass_outline_construct's call to outline_stroke causes a signed integer overflow.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-26682"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-10-16T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In libass 0.14.0, the `ass_outline_construct`\u0027s call to `outline_stroke` causes a signed integer overflow.",
  "id": "GHSA-87rf-m79q-qqqf",
  "modified": "2022-06-16T00:00:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:31:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26682"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/431"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/432"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/19/7"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-87V8-HH3H-7P56

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:49 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:49
VLAI
Details

The sell function of a smart contract implementation for SwftCoin (SWFTC), a tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows a potential trap that could be used to cause financial damage to the seller, because of overflow of the multiplication of its argument amount and a manipulable variable sellPrice, aka the "tradeTrap" issue.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-12062"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-25T11:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The sell function of a smart contract implementation for SwftCoin (SWFTC), a tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows a potential trap that could be used to cause financial damage to the seller, because of overflow of the multiplication of its argument amount and a manipulable variable sellPrice, aka the \"tradeTrap\" issue.",
  "id": "GHSA-87v8-hh3h-7p56",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:49:25Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:49:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12062"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://peckshield.com/2018/06/11/tradeTrap"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-87VX-4JGQ-HWWM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-05 15:30 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:30
VLAI
Details

Transient DOS while parsing the ML IE when a beacon with length field inside the common info of ML IE greater than the ML IE length.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-33024"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-05T15:15:52Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Transient DOS while parsing the ML IE when a beacon with length field inside the common info of ML IE greater than the ML IE length.",
  "id": "GHSA-87vx-4jgq-hwwm",
  "modified": "2024-08-05T15:30:53Z",
  "published": "2024-08-05T15:30:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33024"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/august-2024-bulletin.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-886X-Q2XH-8P43

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-09 09:33 – Updated: 2025-11-12 21:31
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation

The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 << l2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with >2TB aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined behavior and improper AG sizing.

On 32-bit architectures: - Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow - This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in sbi->bmap->db_agsize - Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures - Could lead to: - Filesystem corruption during extend operations - Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses - Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures

Fix by casting to s64 before shifting: bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize;

This ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast matches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in JFS block calculation code.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-09T07:16:06Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation\n\nThe JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 \u003c\u003c\nl2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with \u003e2TB\naggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined\nbehavior and improper AG sizing.\n\nOn 32-bit architectures:\n- Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow\n- This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in\nsbi-\u003ebmap-\u003edb_agsize\n- Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures\n- Could lead to:\n  - Filesystem corruption during extend operations\n  - Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses\n  - Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures\n\nFix by casting to s64 before shifting:\nbmp-\u003edb_agsize = (s64)1 \u003c\u003c l2agsize;\n\nThis ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast\nmatches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in\nJFS block calculation code.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.",
  "id": "GHSA-886x-q2xh-8p43",
  "modified": "2025-11-12T21:31:02Z",
  "published": "2025-05-09T09:33:19Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37858"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec34cdf4f917cc6abd306cf091f8b8361fedac88"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}

GHSA-88C6-R67C-P7VF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:28 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:28
VLAI
Details

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for FansChainToken, an Ethereum token, has an integer overflow that allows the owner of the contract to set the balance of an arbitrary user to any value.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-13474"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-07-09T06:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for FansChainToken, an Ethereum token, has an integer overflow that allows the owner of the contract to set the balance of an arbitrary user to any value.",
  "id": "GHSA-88c6-r67c-p7vf",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:28:41Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:28:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13474"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/BlockChainsSecurity/EtherTokens/blob/master/GEMCHAIN/mint%20integer%20overflow.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/BlockChainsSecurity/EtherTokens/tree/master/FansChainToken"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Requirements

Ensure that all protocols are strictly defined, such that all out-of-bounds behavior can be identified simply, and require strict conformance to the protocol.

Mitigation MIT-3
Requirements

Strategy: Language Selection

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • If possible, choose a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
Mitigation MIT-4
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
  • Use libraries or frameworks that make it easier to handle numbers without unexpected consequences.
  • Examples include safe integer handling packages such as SafeInt (C++) or IntegerLib (C or C++). [REF-106]
Mitigation MIT-8
Implementation

Strategy: Input Validation

  • Perform input validation on any numeric input by ensuring that it is within the expected range. Enforce that the input meets both the minimum and maximum requirements for the expected range.
  • Use unsigned integers where possible. This makes it easier to perform validation for integer overflows. When signed integers are required, ensure that the range check includes minimum values as well as maximum values.
Mitigation MIT-36
Implementation
  • Understand the programming language's underlying representation and how it interacts with numeric calculation (CWE-681). Pay close attention to byte size discrepancies, precision, signed/unsigned distinctions, truncation, conversion and casting between types, "not-a-number" calculations, and how the language handles numbers that are too large or too small for its underlying representation. [REF-7]
  • Also be careful to account for 32-bit, 64-bit, and other potential differences that may affect the numeric representation.
Mitigation MIT-15
Architecture and Design

For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.

Mitigation MIT-26
Implementation

Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening

Examine compiler warnings closely and eliminate problems with potential security implications, such as signed / unsigned mismatch in memory operations, or use of uninitialized variables. Even if the weakness is rarely exploitable, a single failure may lead to the compromise of the entire system.

CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow

This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.