CWE-688 — Function Call With Incorrect Variable or Reference as Argument
CWE-688: Function Call With Incorrect Variable or Reference as Argument
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 the wrong variable or reference as one of the arguments, which may lead to undefined behavior and resultant weaknesses.
Common consequences
- Other: Quality Degradation
Mitigations
Testing — Because this function call often produces incorrect behavior it will usually be detected during testing or normal operation of the product. During testing exercise all possible control paths will typically expose this weakness except in rare cases when the incorrect function call accidentally produces the correct results or if the provided argument type is very similar to the expected argument type.
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/688.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html