LIB-memcpy-overrun-pos

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Synopsis

A call to memcpy might cause the memory to overrun.

Enabled by default

Severity/Certainty

High/Medium

Full description

A call to memcpy might cause the memory to overrun at either the destination or the source address.

Coding standards

CWE 119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE 120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE 121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE 122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE 124: Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')
CWE 126: Buffer Over-read
CWE 127: Buffer Under-read
CWE 805: Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Code examples

The following code example fails the check and will give a warning:

#include <stdlib.h>

void func(int b)
{
  int *p1;
  int *p2;
  if (b) {
    p1 = malloc(20);
    p2 = malloc(10);
  } else {
    p2 = malloc(20);
    p1 = malloc(10);
  }
  memcpy(p1, p2, 4);
}

The following code example passes the check and will not give a warning about this issue:

#include <stdlib.h>

void func()
{
  int size = 10;
  int arr[size];
  int *ptr = malloc(size * sizeof(int));
  memcpy(ptr, arr, size);
}

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