Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-587

    CWE-587: Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer

    The product sets a pointer to a specific address other than NULL or 0.

    Published:15 Dec 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:28 Oct 2026

    Related Weakness

    CWE-344: Use of Invariant Value in Dynamically Changing Context

    CWE-758: Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior