type confusion bugs
Type confusion bugs refer to software flaws or programming errors in which the type or class of a variable or object is not correctly determined or is misinterpreted. These bugs can lead to unpredictable behavior, security vulnerabilities, or system crashes when operations are performed on incompatible types.
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Related Concepts (15)
- data structure inconsistencies
- data validation issues
- function overloading
- implicit type conversion
- incompatibilities between data types
- kernel exploitation
- language interop issues
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- object serialization
- pointer misuse
- polymorphism
- type casting
- type coercion
- type inference
- type system violations