CWE-686 (Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The product calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies an argument that is the wrong data type, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-8389 | 2026-05-12 | JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.3. |
| CVE-2026-33783 | 2026-04-09 | A Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type vulnerability in the sensor interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows a network-based, authenticated attacker with low privileges… |
| CVE-2025-14330 | 2025-12-09 | JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 146, Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird 146, and Thunderbird 140.6. |
| CVE-2024-32632 | 2024-04-16 | A value in ATCMD will be misinterpreted by printf, causing incorrect output and possibly out-of-bounds memory access |
| CVE-2023-5868 | 2023-12-10 | A memory disclosure vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL that allows remote users to access sensitive information by exploiting certain aggregate function calls with 'unknown'-type arguments. Handlin… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Description, Relationships, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2008-11-24 | CWE Content Team | 1.1 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2009-05-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.4 | — | updated Description |
| 2009-10-29 | CWE Content Team | 1.6 | — | updated Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2011-06-27 | CWE Content Team | 2.0 | — | 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 Potential_Mitigations |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2019-01-03 | CWE Content Team | 3.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Description, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations |