CWE-469 (Use of Pointer Subtraction to Determine Size) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The product subtracts one pointer from another in order to determine size, but this calculation can be incorrect if the pointers do not exist in the same memory chunk.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | C | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | C++ | — | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-25595 | 2026-03-22 | jetAudio 8.1.7.20702 Basic contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string through the URL input handler. Attack… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Time_of_Introduction |
| 2008-08-01 | — | 1.0 | — | added/updated white box definitions |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2008-11-24 | CWE Content Team | 1.1 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2011-09-13 | CWE Content Team | 2.1 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2012-10-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.3 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2014-02-18 | CWE Content Team | 2.6 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2014-06-23 | CWE Content Team | 2.7 | — | updated Other_Notes |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Taxonomy_Mappings, White_Box_Definitions |
| 2019-01-03 | CWE Content Team | 3.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2020-06-25 | CWE Content Team | 4.1 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2022-10-13 | CWE Content Team | 4.9 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Description |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Detection_Factors, Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Weakness_Ordinalities |