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.

3870 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-GHP8-RG92-746W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 01:47 – Updated: 2025-04-03 04:07
VLAI
Details

Integer overflow in camel-lock-helper in Evolution 2.0.2 and earlier allows local users or remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a length value of -1, which leads to a zero byte memory allocation and a buffer overflow.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2005-0102"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2005-01-24T05:00:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Integer overflow in camel-lock-helper in Evolution 2.0.2 and earlier allows local users or remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via a length value of -1, which leads to a zero byte memory allocation and a buffer overflow.",
  "id": "GHSA-ghp8-rg92-746w",
  "modified": "2025-04-03T04:07:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T01:47:09Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0102"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19031"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9616"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/69-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a\u0026anuncio=000925"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13830"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-35.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012981"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-673"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:024"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-238.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-397.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12354"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-GHQG-GFM6-QHH6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 01:56 – Updated: 2024-02-08 21:30
VLAI
Details

Integer overflow in the readpgm function in pnm.c for GOCR 0.40, when using the netpbm library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNM file with large width and height values, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2005-1141"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2005-04-15T04:00:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Integer overflow in the readpgm function in pnm.c for GOCR 0.40, when using the netpbm library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNM file with large width and height values, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.",
  "id": "GHSA-ghqg-gfm6-qhh6",
  "modified": "2024-02-08T21:30:30Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T01:56:00Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=111358557823673\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.overflow.pl/adv/gocr.txt"
    }
  ],
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-GHVX-HC97-WC4V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-07 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-07 18:31
VLAI
Details

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the deflate_dng_load_raw functionality of LibRaw Commit 8dc68e2. A specially crafted malicious file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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    "CVE-2026-20884"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-07T15:17:35Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the deflate_dng_load_raw functionality of LibRaw Commit 8dc68e2. A specially crafted malicious file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.",
  "id": "GHSA-ghvx-hc97-wc4v",
  "modified": "2026-04-07T18:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-04-07T15:30:51Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20884"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2364"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2364"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-GJ46-F2MJ-GPH9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-18 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:02
VLAI
Details

NTSC-CRT 2.2.1 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in loadBMP in bmp_rw.c because a file's width, height, and BPP are not validated. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is "this main application was not intended to be a well tested program, it's just something to demonstrate it works and for the user to see how to integrate it into their own programs."

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-39125"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-18T00:15:10Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "NTSC-CRT 2.2.1 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in loadBMP in bmp_rw.c because a file\u0027s width, height, and BPP are not validated. NOTE: the vendor\u0027s perspective is \"this main application was not intended to be a well tested program, it\u0027s just something to demonstrate it works and for the user to see how to integrate it into their own programs.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-gj46-f2mj-gph9",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T07:02:29Z",
  "published": "2023-08-18T00:30:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39125"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/LMP88959/NTSC-CRT/issues/32"
    }
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  "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-GJ57-J72R-R89G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-30 00:00 – Updated: 2022-03-30 00:00
VLAI
Details

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains an integer overflow vulnerability in cuobjdump.To exploit this vulnerability, a remote attacker would require a local user to download a specially crafted, corrupted file and locally execute cuobjdump against the file. Such an attack may lead to remote code execution that causes complete denial of service and an impact on data confidentiality and integrity.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-21821"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-29T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains an integer overflow vulnerability in cuobjdump.To exploit this vulnerability, a remote attacker would require a local user to download a specially crafted, corrupted file and locally execute cuobjdump against the file. Such an attack may lead to remote code execution that causes complete denial of service and an impact on data confidentiality and integrity.",
  "id": "GHSA-gj57-j72r-r89g",
  "modified": "2022-03-30T00:00:14Z",
  "published": "2022-03-30T00:00:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21821"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5334"
    }
  ],
  "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-GJ9F-3V8V-XVVR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:36 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:36
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The code for creating an ICMPv6 echo replies doesn't check whether the ICMPv6 echo request packet's size is shorter than 8 bytes. If the size of the incoming ICMPv6 request packet is shorter than this, the operation that calculates the size of the ICMPv6 echo replies has an integer wrap around, leading to memory corruption and, eventually, Denial-of-Service in pico_icmp6_send_echoreply_not_frag in pico_icmp6.c.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-17443"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-12-11T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The code for creating an ICMPv6 echo replies doesn\u0027t check whether the ICMPv6 echo request packet\u0027s size is shorter than 8 bytes. If the size of the incoming ICMPv6 request packet is shorter than this, the operation that calculates the size of the ICMPv6 echo replies has an integer wrap around, leading to memory corruption and, eventually, Denial-of-Service in pico_icmp6_send_echoreply_not_frag in pico_icmp6.c.",
  "id": "GHSA-gj9f-3v8v-xvvr",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T17:36:10Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:36:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17443"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-GJFV-M56F-JM68

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:38 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:54
VLAI
Details

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-8387"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-12-02T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "PCRE before 8.38 mishandles (?123) subroutine calls and related subroutine calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.",
  "id": "GHSA-gjfv-m56f-jm68",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:54:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:38:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8387"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-GJGX-HQ89-GX98

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:12 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:12
VLAI
Details

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for MehdiTAZIToken, 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-2018-13692"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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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 MehdiTAZIToken, 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-gjgx-hq89-gx98",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:12:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:12:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13692"
    },
    {
      "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/MehdiTAZIToken"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-GJH7-XX4R-X345

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-30 20:47 – Updated: 2024-07-30 21:36
VLAI
Summary
TensorFlow has segfault in array_ops.upper_bound
Details

Impact

array_ops.upper_bound causes a segfault when not given a rank 2 tensor.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 915884fdf5df34aaedd00fc6ace33a2cfdefa586.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.13. We will also cherrypick this commit in TensorFlow 2.12.1.

For more information

Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by dmc1778

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    "CVE-2023-33976"
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      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-30T20:47:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-30T20:15:03Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "modified": "2024-07-30T21:36:49Z",
  "published": "2024-07-30T20:47:04Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gjh7-xx4r-x345"
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      "url": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/915884fdf5df34aaedd00fc6ace33a2cfdefa586"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
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  ],
  "summary": "TensorFlow has segfault in array_ops.upper_bound"
}

GHSA-GJM4-57HM-J3HG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:39 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:39
VLAI
Details

The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an incorrect sample-rate calculation.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18255"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-03-31T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an incorrect sample-rate calculation.",
  "id": "GHSA-gjm4-57hm-j3hg",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:39:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:39:47Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103607"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "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.