CWE-686 — Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-686

CWE-686: Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type

MITRE CWE weakness


Kind	Weakness
Abstraction	Variant
Status	Draft
Likelihood of exploit	—

Description

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies an argument that is the wrong data type, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.

This weakness is most likely to occur in loosely typed languages, or in strongly typed languages in which the types of variable arguments cannot be enforced at compilation time, or where there is implicit casting.

Common consequences

Other: Quality Degradation

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/686.html
CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html