Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-588

    CWE-588: Attempt to Access Child of a Non-structure Pointer

    The product casts a non-structure type to a structure type, then accesses a field within the structure.

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

    Related Weakness

    CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

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